Illustrations
Val Biro
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Full Sail A framed, scraperboard illustration £180.00 not including shipping
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The Battle Begins A framed, scraperboard illustration £180.00 not including shipping
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Boat under sail and wreckage Framed scraperboard illustration measuring 13 x 10.5 cms. Provenance the archive of publisher J M Dent £180.00 not including shipping |
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Ablaze A framed, scraperboard illustration £180.00 not including shipping
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Galleon A framed, scraperboard illustration £180.00 not including shipping
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Marguerite de Valois A framed, scraperboard
illustration £180.00 not including shipping |
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Val (Bálint Stephen) Biro was born in Budapest in 1921. He is an
artist in pen and ink, scraperboard, watercolour as well as
printmaker and writer. He was sent by his father to study at the
Central School of Arts and Crafts in 1939. His main subject was
illustration and his teachers included John Farleigh, Noel Rooke
and Bernard Meninsky. In 1942 Biro joined Sylvan Press while working as a part-time fireman. He then became art director for John Lehman, the publisher, doing book jackets and advertising before finally going freelance full-time n 1953. He has illustrated for C S Forester, Monica Dickens, Evelyn Waugh and Noël Coward. He drew for Radio Times for 21 years. In 1966 he published the first of his many Gumdrop stories, based on his ownership of a vintage car. He also retold traditional tales, with his own illustrations, such as Hungarian Folk Tales (1981). He drew for The Good Food Guide and was a member of the Chartered Society of Designers. The Victoria & Albert Museum holds his work. |
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