Rudolf Sieber-Lonati
Rudolf Sieber-Lonati (born October 16, 1924 in Vienna ; † April 27, 1990 in Bad Tölz ) was an Austrian draftsman and illustrator who mainly created covers for paperbacks and magazine novels from the 1950s to the 80s .
Artistic work
Sieber-Lonati drew cover pictures for magazine novels of different genres, a. a. for crime novels , westerns , horror and fantasy . He developed particular creativity in the field of science fiction . The booklet series for which he provided covers included Utopia Zukunftsroman , Mark Powers , SF Science Fiction , Gemini Science Fiction , Rothaut, Dan Oakland, Commissioner X , Butler Parker , Larry Brent , Macabros , Die Schwarze Fledermaus and Der Landser . Sieber-Lonati's “expressive-mannered style” was reminiscent of the iconography of the silent film , but also had “ psychedelic echoes” and in his science fiction works projected “the traumas of his own contemporary history” ( Second World War , Cold War ) “into one future perceived as threatening ”.
Sieber-Lonati was one of the most productive cover picture illustrators of the magazine novel era.
literature
- Olaf Kemmler : Rudolf Sieber-Lonati - cult painter of the booklet novels. Blitz-Verlag, Windeck 2019.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ José Kastler: Rudolf Sieber-Lonati, in: Exodus No. 30, (08/2013), pp. 63–67, cited here pp. 64–65.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sieber-Lonati, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian draftsman and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1990 |
| Place of death | Bad Tölz |