Val Munteanu, Omul invizibil, 1957, 7x10 cm, gouache on cardboard

Val Munteanu, Invisibile man – book cover, 1957, 7×10 cm, gouache on cardboard

Val Munteanu (1927-1996) began his career in 1946 with illustrations and caricatures in the left wing propagandistic newspapers and caricatures inserted in the satirical magazine ”Urzica”. Starting with 1949, he had taken part to the Annual Saloons of graphic art, thus beginning a prolific career in caricature, newspaper and book illustration, advertising and book graphic design, stamps, decorative art.