Tuulikki Pietilä

Tuulikki Pietilä

Tuulikki Pietilä (born 18 February 1917) is a Finnish graphic artist and professor. She is one of the most influential people in Finnish graphic arts whose work has been shown in numerous art exhibitions. She also worked as a teacher in the Finnish art academy school for many years. More recently, she has trained graphic artists and written instructional books about graphic arts. She was born in Seattle, Washington.

Pietilä began her studies in the Turku drawing school, which she attended from 1933 to 1936, and went on to study at the drawing school of the Finnish art association (1936-1940), the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm (1945-1949) and the Fernand Léger art academy in Paris (1949-1953). During her studies, she met her future life partner Tove Jansson; [ [http://www.zein.se/ing-marie/mumintrollen.htm Tove Janssons mumintroll] sv icon] they collaborated on many works and projects.

Among the most popular of her works are the Moomin works. These were created in collaboration with Pentti Eistola and are now exhibited at the Moomin museum in Tampere. Additionally, Jansson's and Pietilä's travels and summers spent together on the Klovharu island in Pellinki have been captured on several hours of film, shot by Pietilä. Several documentaries have been made of this footage, the latest being "Haru, yksinäinen saari" ("Haru, the lonely island") (1998) and "Tove ja Tooti Euroopassa" ("Tove and Tooti in Europe") (2004).

The first exhibition of Pietilä's work was in Turku in 1935. Her first private exhibition was in 1951. She has participated in the Purnu group's summer exhbitions since 1967, with a retroactive exhibition in 1986. She has also participated in several exhibitions abroad. Pietilä has gained well-deserved praise for her work; she was awarded the Pro Finlandia medal in 1963 and the title of professor in 1982.

Pietilä is known to have inspired the energetic figure Tooticky in Jansson's Moomin books. The architect Reima Pietilä was Tuulikki Pietilä's brother.

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Tuulikki Pietilä — Tuulikki Pietilä, Tove Jansson y Signe Hammarsten en 1958 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Tove Jansson — en 1956 con muñecos de la familia Mumin. Nombre completo Tove Marika Jansson …   Wikipedia Español

  • Moomin Museum — Moomin Valley is located in the Tampere city library Metso …   Wikipedia

  • Tove Jansson — Naissance 9 août 1914 Helsinki Décès 27 juin 2001 (à 86 ans) Helsinki Nationalité …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tove Jansson — Infobox Comics creator name = Tove Jansson imagesize = 200px caption = birthname = Tove Marika Jansson birthdate = birth date|1914|8|9|mf=y location = Helsinki, Finland deathdate = death date and age|2001|6|27|1914|8|9 deathplace = Helsinki,… …   Wikipedia

  • Dollhouse — For other uses, see Dollhouse (disambiguation). Exterior of a hand built American dollhouse A dollhouse is a toy home, made in miniature. For the last century, dollhouses have primarily been the domain of children but their collection and… …   Wikipedia

  • Moomin — For other uses, see Moomin (disambiguation). The Moomins   …   Wikipedia

  • Tove Jansson — mit Muminfiguren (1956) Tove Jansson (* 9. August 1914 in Helsinki; † 27. Juni 2001 ebenda) war eine finnlandschwedische Schriftstellerin, Zeichnerin, Comicautorin, Graphikerin, Illustratorin und Malerin. Berühmt vor allem für die von ihr… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Maison de poupée — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Maison de poupée (homonymie). Maison de poupée du Musée du jouet de Zurich. Une maison de poupée est une …   Wikipédia en Français

  • List of characters in the Moomin series — Some of the many Moomin characters. From left to right, Sniff, Snufkin, Moominpappa, Moominmamma, Moomintroll (Moomin), Mymble, Groke, Snork Maiden and Hattifatteners A large number of characters are found in the Moomin series by Tove Jansson.… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”