Eduard Thöny

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Eduard Thöny (February 9, 1866 - July 26, 1950) was a German caricaturist and illustrator known for his work for the journal Simplicissimus, to which he was invited to contribute by Albert Langen.[1] Born in Brixen (Bressanone), he studied at the arts academy in Munich.[2] His work for Simplicissimus included more than 2,500 pages of cartoons lampooning German society and the military.[3] Thöny’s drawings would appear in the journal until it ceased publication in 1944.[4]

In 1904 Thöny traveled to Marseilles, Algiers, Tunis, Naples and Rome in company with fellow artists Ludwig Thoma and Rudolf Wilke.[5]

In 1906 Thöny, along with Olaf Gulbransson, Thoma, and Wilke, persuaded Langen to convert Simplicissimus into a joint stock company, thereby giving more power to the staff to control the journal's direction.[6]

He died at Holzhausen on the Ammersee.[7]

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  1. ^ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARTthony.htm
  2. ^ http://www.eduard--thoeny.com/
  3. ^ http://www.eduard--thoeny.com/
  4. ^ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARTthony.htm
  5. ^ http://www.eduard--thoeny.com/
  6. ^ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARTthony.htm
  7. ^ http://www.eduard--thoeny.com/
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