Title: Obra Ombú
Description: Catalogue dedicated to the remarkable artist and cartoonist, Fermín Hontou (Montevideo 1956), known as Ombú, the pseudonymous used for signing of his works and for his famous political caricatures for the weekly magazine "Brecha, Ojo de Ombú". A participant of what Maria E. Yuguero called the Generation of "Dibujazo" (drawing), he was a disciple of artist Guillermo Fernández and an admirer of well-known caricaturist of newspaper El Clarín, Hermenegildo "Menchi" Sábat (Montevideo 1933, naturalized Argentine citizen in 1980 - d.2018). In 2004 he received the First Prize in the category "Caricature" of the XII Salón Internacional de Dibujo para Prensa, held in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Subjects: Cartoonists, Biography, Pictorial Uruguayan wit and humor, Caricatures and cartoons, Politics and government
Places: Uruguay
People: Fermín Hontou (1956-)