Touko Valio Laaksonen (8 May 1920 – 7 November 1991), known by his pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist who made stylized erotic art featuring suggestively hypermasculine male characters.
He worked primarily in pencil, producing drawings on paper and for publication in a variety of magazines and other formats.
These works profoundly influenced late 20th-century gay culture and sexuality, their rise in popularity coinciding with gay law reform successes.
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