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php and accents

I have the following GET url:

a href="artistinfo.php?artist=<?php echo $row_thumbs['art_Name']; ?>"

This usually worksd perfectly well but now one of the names has an accented character:
name: Ricardo Galán Urréjola

How can I send this in a GET url (above) so that the url can be used as a search string on the target page and present the correct name with accents

I have tried addslashes etc but no joy

I have tried encoding the characters in the database as: Manuel López Herrera

This is the presented GET url:
artistinfo.php?artist=Ricardo%20Gal n%20Urr jola (the gaps have a square in them)

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The url sent is as follows:

artist=Ricardo+Gal%E1n+Urr%E9jola+

Problem is that it is still not recognised. How can I test what this is actually showing to the target page ?