Karel Thole

• Born 1914-04-20 · Died 2000-03-26

Thole trained in art at the Rijksmuseum's State Drawing School. He moved to Milan, Italy in 1958 and began painting book covers for the Italian publishers Mondadori and Rizzoli. In the 70's he began to receive assignments from the American publishers Ace Books and DAW Books, and the British science fiction imprint Orbit. He was given a Special Award at the 1973 Worldcon in Toronto and was nominated for three Locus Awards for Best Professional Artist in 1973, 1974, and 1975.