Eduardo
Munoz BACHS:
Eduardo
Muñoz Bachs. (1937-1999) Valencia, Spain.
Bachs, one of the most interesting, prolific and collectable Cuban
poster designers had no formal design training.
In
the 1950s he worked for the Siboney advertising agency which made
animated commercials for television.
In
1960 he started work in the ICAIC as a designer in the Animations
Department. Here he designed the first ICAIC poster for the film
Histories of the Revolution. This rare poster is unusal as it
was printed 'off set', before ICAIC decided to move solely to
silk-screen production.
He
has also illustrated children's books, designed posters for the
Carnival of Havana and for foreign cultural institutions.
His works have been exhibited in Cuba and abroad with some works
integrated into permanent collections. He has participated in
numerous national and international events. Has has obtained several
important prizes: Prize al merit in the International Contest
of Film Posters in the International Film Festival, Cannes, France,
1973; First and Third prizes in the International contest of Movie
Posters The Hollywood Reporter, California, United States. In
the International Festival of the New Latin-American Movies, Havana,
Cuba. His posters have obtained Choir prizes in 1981, 1985 and
1988.
