On this day
08
May

Tom of Finland, Maurice Sendak

Born: Tom of Finland (1920)
Died: Maurice Sendak (2012)

Born on this day

08MayBorn 1920106th birthday

Tom of Finland

Tom of Finland gave male same-sex desire an exuberant visual language, turning carefully drawn fantasies into an influential part of gay art and popular culture.

Died on this day

08MayDied 201214th anniversary of death

Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak made room for fear, anger and unruly imagination in children’s books, without abandoning tenderness.