Tomi Ungerer

September, 1970

Although his Fellow Artists unhesitatingly compare him with such masters as Brueghel and Grosz, Tomi Ungerer has never received comparable recognition from the mass media. This is surprising, because Ungerer, 38, reaches a wide audience as a painter, sculptor, cartoonist, textile designer and author; the 70-odd books he has written and/or drawn range from picture stories for children to the macabre social satire of Compromises. Ungerer has produced illustrations (including work for Playboy) and...