Marlèn Nolta

Dutch illustrator (1955-2022)

Marlèn Nolta (30 June 1955 – 11 January 2022) was a Dutch illustrator and drawer.[1]

Marlèn Nolta
Born(1955-06-30)30 June 1955
Groningen, Netherlands
Died11 January 2022(2022-01-11) (aged 66)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Occupation(s)illustrator and drawer

Nolta studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Royal Academy of Art, Amsterdam [nl]. In 1981 an exhibition was held including sepia drawings of Nolta.[2] She became in the 1980s a succesfull cartoonist for national newspapers and magazines, including NRC Handelsblad, Elsevier and Het Parool.[3][4][5][6] She made cartoons for the news item, with a few catchy words. She also drew book covers.[7] Nolta also made own work.[5] Nolta became a bookseller at Boekhandel van Pampus in Amsterdam.[8]

Nolta died in Amsterdam on 11 January 2022, at the age of 66.[1][5]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Obitory". Dagblad van het Noorden, de Volkskrant (in Dutch). January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. "Reeks auteurs geschilderd, getekend, gefotografeerd". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 20 October 1981. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. "Wat ik mooi vind aan mensen, vergroot ik". Trouw (in Dutch). 21 March 1986. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. "Marlèn Nolta". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Zacht zuchtende blaadjes". natuurbegraafplaats-geestmerloo.nl (in Dutch). 20 April 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. de Bas, Jan (2017). Kom maar binnen!: Zwarte Piet in spotprenten 1871-2017 (in Dutch). ISBN 9789087046828. Retrieved 1 January 2023 – via Google books.
  7. "Journalist in de rechtszaal". dbnl (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  8. "Prachtig geschreven, mooi doordachte roman". oost-online.nl (in Dutch). 6 February 2007. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

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