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Sep 7, 2024 · ( Touko Laaksonen, dit ) TOM OF FINLAND. stated in. The Fine Art Archive. abART person ID. 139600. ... English Wikipedia. imported from Wikimedia project. German ...
Tom of Finland, rodným jménem Touko Valio Laaksonen (8. května 1920, Kaarina – 7. listopadu 1991, Helsinky) byl finský malíř, který se proslavil pornografickými kresbami s gay, BDSM a fetišistickou tematikou. Kulturní historik Joseph W. Slade ho nazval „nejvlivnějším tvůrcem gay pornografie v historii“. [1]
Times have changed since the days when artist Tom of Finland (real name Touko Laaksonen, 1920–1991) needed to destroy his stylised homoerotic images because of the conservative atmosphere in his home country.
Armiger: Republic of Finland: Adopted: First documented in the 1580s. Current version official since 1978. Shield: Gules, sémy of nine roses Argent, a crowned lion rampant Or armed of the same trampling a sabre Argent hilted and pommeled Or, his dexter foreleg in the form of an arm in armour Argent garnished Or bearing aloft a sword Argent hilted and pommeled Or.
Tom of Finland: Directed by Dome Karukoski. With Pekka Strang, Seumas F. Sargent, Chris Myland, Alf Myreen. Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.
Tom of Finland, a moniker of Touko Laaksonen, was a Finnish illustrator best known for his distinctively stylized homoerotic drawings.An influential aesthetic force in late 20th-century gay culture, his illustrations were rendered in grayscale graphite and often featured uniformed men with exaggerated musculature and genitalia either performing or implying sexual activities.
Almost 30 years later, an official biography of the artist is finally being released. Created in partnership with Tom of Finland Foundation, Tom of Finland: The Official Life and Work of a Gay Hero opens the artist’s archives and features some of his most famous illustrations along with rare, never-before-seen materials from his archives.
