- Karel Thole
Carolus Adrianus Maria Thole (
April 20 ,1914 -March 26 ,2000 ) was a Dutch painter and illustrator.He was born in
Bussum , nearAmsterdam , and was educated at State Drawing School ofAmsterdam 'sRijksmuseum .His first works were for advertisement and publishing companies, but he also painted glasses and walls. In 1958 Thole moved to
Milan ,Italy , with his wife and four sons. At first he worked forRizzoli publisher, before passing to Mondadori in 1960. After severals covers for various magazines and books, he became renowned for his long work forscience fiction magazine "Urania", where his deep art culture, taste for surrealism and weird sense of humour could show at their best. For Mondadori he worked to a host of other series, including mysteries and romantic series for women.In 1980s Thole experienced an eye disease that compelled him to reduce his work activity and to leave "Urania" covers to
Vicente Segrelles andOscar Chichoni . His last work for "Urania" is for N°1330 of 1998: in the meantime, Thole earned a robust fame as one the greatest European book cover artists. He worked also for French and German publishers.Thole died in 2000 in
Cannobio , a town onto theLago Maggiore in Northern Italy.ee also
The article Urania contains a cover gallery with artworks by Thole.
External links
* [http://www.delos.fantascienza.com/delos55/thole-lippi.html www.delos.fantascienza.com/delos55/thole-lippi.html] A tribute to Thole's art (in Italian)
* [http://www.mondourania.com www.mondourania.com] A site with all the Thole covers for thescience fiction magazine "Urania"
* [http://www.sf-buch.de/sf-buch/artikel/nachruf_karel_thole.html www.sf-buch.de/sf-buch/artikel/nachruf_karel_thole.html] Obituary with german Thole covers
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