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Karel Thole - Sci-Fi Cover

Artists: Karel Thole (All) , Carolus Adrianus Maria Thole (All)

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Title:	Karel Thole - Sci-Fi Cover
Artist:	Karel Thole (All)
Artist:	Carolus Adrianus Maria Thole (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	294
Likes on CAF:	7 8
Comments:	11
Added to Site:	7/11/2023
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Description

Thole's fine art culture, taste for surrealism and weird sense of humour made his painted covers just perfect for Sci-fi, Horror and Suspense stories, for both books and comic books.
During his over forty years career as a cover artist, he worked mostly for Italian, German and French publishers, earning a robust fame as one of the greatest European artists in the field.
It is told that despite the images he created were often loosely related to the subject matter of the books (or even not related at all!) they were always so evocative and intriguing that the publishers couldn't help but use them anyway 😆

This striking piece was used as the cover for a German edition of Anne McCaffrey's sci-fi novel "Restoree" (first published by Ballantine Books in 1967), the story of a young woman who survives being abducted by aliens and finds a new life on another planet.

(mixed media on bristol paper mounted on board, roughly 7"x 11" - signed lower left)

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	Davide G.
Joined:	January 2009
Last Login:	January 2026
Country:	ITALY
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Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 7/11/2023

One always expects a fellow cat to bring a dead mouse as their latest offering. This is a very eye catching cover.

Andrea F.
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 7/11/2023

Great cover by Thole. Congrats!!

Rick W
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 7/11/2023

An unravelling of the mind and senses. This piercing cover would get the paperback pulled off the spinner rack!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 7/11/2023

Like layers of an onion peeled back, you don't know what to expect to emerge from the inner reaches of Thole's mind.

Steve N. Comic/Fantasy Art
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 7/11/2023

Gnarly and surreal!

Fabio C.
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 7/12/2023

after peeling some layers off, looks like there's darkness... amazing cover!

Miki Annamanthadoo
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 7/12/2023

Evocative!

Alberto VG
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 7/15/2023

The cover in which you stop and look no matter how many books it has around it. Great acquisition!!

Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 7/21/2023

Remarkable.

Bill J
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 7/25/2023

Stunning surrealist sci-fi cover! Love the image of the page peeling back and revealing a face peering out at us! Beautiful colors, too!

Red Raven
Member Since 2012

1 - Posted on 8/15/2023

Impressionnant Mask !!!

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