Aarno Karimo (born Hasselqvist until 1906) was a Finnish artist, illustrator, writer, and officer born on 29 December 1886 in Parikkala. He studied at the Art Association’s Drawing School in 1905–1906 and continued his artistic training under Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Karimo furthered his studies in St. Petersburg from 1907 to 1908 and held his first exhibition in Helsinki in 1907.

From 1910 Karimo worked in Viipuri for the newspaper Karjala as an illustrator, columnist, and theatre critic, and he also contributed political cartoons to several Finnish humor magazines. His drawings frequently addressed tensions between major powers and helped establish him as one of Finland’s early pioneers of humorous newspaper illustration.

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