| LC control no. | no 89020781 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Tom, of Finland, 1920-1991 |
| Variant(s) | Tom, 1920-1991 Laaksonen, Touko, 1920-1991 Laaksonen, Touko Valio, 1920-1991 |
| Other standard no. | http://dbpedia.org/resource/Tom_of_Finland Q366062 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q366062 45103459 http://viaf.org/viaf/45103459 500128976 http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500128976 262624 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/262624 81412286 108908 tom-of-finland 28835 nm1781358 897/000137486 w6nf1xq5 http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6nf1xq5 |
| Associated country | Finland |
| Birth date | 1920-05-08 |
| Death date | 1991-11-07 |
| Place of birth | Kaarina (Finland) |
| Place of death | Helsinki (Finland) |
| Field of activity | Gay erotic drawing Drawings Cartoons (Humor) |
| Profession or occupation | Artists |
| Found in | His Tom of Finland retrospective, 1988: t.p. (Tom of Finland) biog. note (Tom) Hooven, F.V. Tom of Finland, 1993: p. 1 (Touko Laaksonen; b. 5/8/1920, Finland) p. 196 (d. 11/7/1991) Wikipedia, November 22, 2015 (Tom of Finland; Touko Laaksonen (8 May 1920-7 November 1991), best known by his pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist notable for his stylized homoerotic fetish art and his influence on late twentieth century gay culture; born Kaarina, Finland; died Helsinki, Finland; known for: drawing; in 1956 Laaksonen submitted drawings to the influential American magazine Physique Pictorial which premiered the images in the Spring 1957 issue under the pseudonym Tom, as it resembled his given name Touko; he was also featured as the cover artist with an illustration of two log drivers at work. The editor of the magazine credited them to Tom of Finland) DACS artist search, April 27, 2018 (Laaksonen, Touko Valio; Pseudonyms: Tom of Finland; Laaksonen Touko Valio. Nationality: Finnish, American. Lived: 1920-1991) <https://www.dacs.org.uk/licensing-works/artist-search/artist-details?ArtistId=ca81f32e-c0cb-e711-9ac5-000c29e811b2> |
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