Nell Cobar, Stork mith, cca 1980, china ink on textured paper, 50 x 36 cm 
Nell Cobar, Stomach in command, cca 1980, china ink on cardboard, 42 x 42,5 cm 
Nell Cobar, Marcorelli, cca 1980, china ink on textured paper, 50 x 35,5 cm 
Nell Cobar, Modern families, cca 1980, china ink on cardboard, 36 x 50 cm
Remarkable and versatile graphic artist, Nell Cobar (1916-1993) worked in different drawing styles, adapting to several graphic genres: illustration, caricature, cartoon, calligraphic drawing etc. Cobar made his debut as a cinema graphic artist in 1939. The first cartoon he made in 1940 was actually a stockings commercial ad. Nell Cobar created over 40 animation films; he is the creator of the popular Romanian communist cartoon character ”Mihaela”. In 1971 he was awarded a prize at Venice Children Film Festival for the animated film ”Mulțumesc, Mihaela”.