Earl Thollander
| Earl Thollander | |
|---|---|
 Children-of-south-vietnam-by-Earl-Thollander.jpg "Children of South Vietnam" artwork by Earl Thollander (1982) | |
| Born | 1923 Kingsburg, California |
| Aug 08, 2001 (aged 79)[1]Aug 08, 2001 (aged 79)[1] | |
| 💼 Occupation | Artist |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Janet Behr (m. 1947) |
Earl Thollander (born April 13, 1923, Kingsburg, California)[2] was an American artist, illustrator, author and a WWII U.S. Navy officer who is best known for his marine scene paintings, sketching, travel book writing and tour leading.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Early life & Background
Earl was born in Kingsburg, California in 1923.[10] His father was a school teacher and a building contractor. He has aspired at an early age to artistic enterprises, among them were collecting stamps and making them to the books. He grew up in San Francisco and attended Mission High School, and City College. Earl earned his bachelor's degree from the University of California in 1944. He joined the U.S. Navy during the WWII, and served for two years after graduating as a Naval Officer.[11][12][13][14][15]
Career
After the war, Earl returned to his hometown and attended San Francisco Art Institute and the Academy of Art. Moving forward he got married to Janet Behr in 1947, and later on graduated to Landphere & Associates advertising agency as an illustrator. While employed in advertising, Earl started working as a fine artist and by 1960 he became a freelance artist working from his home studio.[16][17][18]
Earl had a great interest in traveling and started making artworks related to different parts of the world that he had visited.[19] He became famous for his drawings such as of Mount Saint Helena, the vineyards and the structures of the Napa Valley.[20][21][22][23] In his career, Earl had illustrated more than 62 children’s cooking and travel books.[24]
Books
Here are some of the illustrated books authored by Earl Thollander:[25][26][27][28][29]
- Back Roads Of California
- Back Roads Of Oregon - 82 Trips On Oregon's Scenic Byways[30]
- Back Roads of California: 65 Trips on California s Scenic Byways[31]
- Back Roads Of New England
- Back Roads Of Washington
- Back Roads Of Arizona
- Back Roads Of Texas
- Earl Thollander's Back Roads Of California
- Earl Thollander's San Francisco
- Back Roads Of The Carolinas
- Barns Of California[32]
- Arizona's Scenic Byways
- The thousand recipe: Chinese cookbook[33]
- On The Shore Of The Sundown Sea[34]
References
- ↑ "Calistoga artist, author Earl Thollander dies at 79". Napa Valley Register.
- ↑ "Earl Gustave Thollander (1922-2001) - Find A..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ↑ "29 Jul 1979, Page 67 - Statesman Journal". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. 1979-07-29. Retrieved 2021-05-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "TimesMachine: Monday, November 22 - Local artist and former U.S. Navy gunship officer Earl Thollander exhibits paintings in the national museum". The New York Times. New York. 1982. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-05-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "11 May 1989 - The Press Democrat". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. 1989-05-11. p. 45. Retrieved 2021-05-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "25 Sep 1996 - The Napa Valley Register". Newspapers.com. p. 13. Retrieved 2021-05-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Stoneberg, David. "Calistoga artist Earl Thollander's works donated to St. Helena Public Library". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ↑ John, Kelly St (2001-08-10). "Earl Thollander -- artist-author of illustrated books". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ↑ "Local Artist Earl Thollander attracts attention after publishing artwork on Vietnam children's". San Francisco Chronicle. 1983-11-21. p. 4.
- ↑ "Earl Thollander". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ↑ Stoneberg, David. "Calistoga artist Earl Thollander's works donated to St. Helena Public Library". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ↑ "Artist in the Archives - Earl Thollander". San Jose Public Library. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ↑ "Earl Thollander | Artist and Writer | Portfolio". earlthollander.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ↑ "Earl Thollander - Biography". www.askart.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ↑ John, Kelly St (2001-08-10). "Earl Thollander -- artist-author of illustrated books". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ↑ Writer, JAY GOETTING Register Staff. "Calistoga artist, author Earl Thollander dies at 79". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ↑ Stoneberg, David. "Calistoga artist Earl Thollander's works donated to St. Helena Public Library". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ↑ "7 May 1956, 65 - The San Francisco Examiner". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco. 1956-05-07. Retrieved 2021-05-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "13 Jan 1994 - The San Francisco Examiner". The San Francisco Examiner. 1994-01-13. p. 39. Retrieved 2021-05-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Gross, Jaime (2009-09-29). "Fine Art Meets Fine Wine in Napa Valley". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ↑ Marks, Ben. "The Gay Old Days: If You Really Want To See San Francisco's Future, Go Back to 1957". Collectors Weekly. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ↑ News, Deseret (1999-10-03). "If you walk to tour San Francisco". Deseret News. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ↑ "18 Jan 1972, 3 - The Press Democrat". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. 1972-01-18. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-05-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Earl Thollander | Artist and Writer | Portfolio". web.archive.org. 2019-04-10. Archived from the original on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2021-05-02.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ "Earl Thollander Books - Biography and List of Works - Author of 'Back Roads Of California'". www.biblio.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ↑ ThriftBooks. "Earl Thollander Books | List of books by author Earl Thollander". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ↑ "20 Dec 1987, 122 - Hartford Courant". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. 1987-12-20. Retrieved 2021-05-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "2 Dec 1987 - The Noblesville Ledger". The Noblesville Ledger. Noblesville, Indiana. 1987-12-02. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-05-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "10 Sep 1970 - Hawaii Tribune-Herald". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. 1970-09-10. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-05-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "14 Jul 1985, Page 67 - Asheville Citizen-Times". Asheville Citizen-Times. Asheville, North Carolina. 1985-07-14. Retrieved 2021-05-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Yumpu.com. "earl-thollander-s-back-roads-of-california-65-trips-on-california-s-scenic-byways". yumpu.com. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ↑ "EARL THOLLANDER- BARNS OF CALIFORNIA". The Modesto Bee. 1974-11-21. p. 44. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ↑ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ↑ "28 Feb 1974, 84 - Independent at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
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