Karel Thole

Carolus Adrianus Maria Thole (20 April 1914 – 26 March 2000) was a Dutch-Italian painter and illustrator. He was born in Bussum, near Amsterdam, and was educated at State Drawing School of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. His first works were for advertisement and publishing companies, but he also painted glasses and walls. In the 1930s, Thole made many antisemitic cartoons for the magazine of Dutch fascist party Zwart Front. In 1958 Thole moved to Milan, Italy, with his wife and four sons. At first he worked for Rizzoli publisher, before passing to Mondadori in 1960…Wikipedia