Eduard Thöny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eduard Thöny

German caricaturist and illustrator (1866-1950)

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1866

Place of Birth: Brixen, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy

Date of Death: 26-Jul-1950

Profession: illustrator, painter, caricaturist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Eduard Thöny (9 February 1866 - 26 July 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.
Born in Brixen, he studied at the arts academy in Munich.
His work for Simplicissimus included more than 2,500 pages of cartoons used to lampoon German society and the military.
Thöny’s drawings would appear in the journal until it ceased publication in 1944.In 1904 Thöny traveled to Marseilles, Algiers, Tunis, Naples and Rome in company with fellow artists Ludwig Thoma and Rudolf Wilke.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.He died at Holzhausen on the Ammersee.



Alternative names	Th. Th. Heine
Description	German caricaturist, painter, writer, sculptor, illustrator and graphic designer
Date of birth/death	28 February 1867	26 January 1948
Location of birth/death	Leipzig	Stockholm
Authority control	: Q216004 VIAF: 12526089 ISNI: 0000 0001 2099 1778 ULAN: 500031323 LCCN: n50029980 Open Library: OL139042A WorldCat