Tom of Finland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tom of Finland

Finnish artist

Date of Birth: 08-May-1920

Place of Birth: Kaarina, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 07-Nov-1991

Profession: illustrator, painter, cartoonist

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Touko Valio Laaksonen (8 May 1920 – 7 November 1991), best known by his pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist known for his stylized highly masculinized homoerotic fetish art, and for his influence on late twentieth century gay culture.
He has been called the "most influential creator of gay pornographic images" by cultural historian Joseph W.
Slade.
Over the course of four decades, he produced some 3,500 illustrations, mostly featuring men with exaggerated primary and secondary sex traits, wearing tight or partially removed clothing.