'Bim und Bumbo'.
Ernö Barta was a Hungarian painter, book illustrator and graphic artist, who has also been active in Austria under the name Erwin Barta. Born in 1878 in Székesfehérvár, Barta attended the School of Applied Arts in Budapest and continued his studies in Munich. From 1903 on, besides illustrating, he drew caricatures for the magazine Borsszem Jankó in Budapest. For a short while from 1908 on, he worked in Berlin and Dresden.
Cartoon by Erwin Barta.
In the 1920s and 1930s, as Erwin (von) Barta, he was present with his comic 'Bim und Bumbo' in the children's magazine Der Schmetterling, published by Steinsberg in Vienna. He was also drawing for the famous satirical magazine Die Muskete, also from Vienna.
'Hannibal: Geschiedenis Zonder Woorden' (#21), distributed in The Netherlands by Diana Edition (1939) printed by Calff & Meischke, Amsterdam, presumably from a cinema magazine.
Barta later spent two years (1938-1939) working in The Netherlands, where his comic strip 'Hannibal, The All Round Sportsman' was distributed to Czechoslovakia and the Scandinavian countries by Diana Edition, the agency of Fritz Gottesmann. An album collection was published in Hungary by Cserépfalvi Kiadó. His agency had set up shop in Amsterdam.
Hannibal book collection.
When Barta's agency lost track of him due to Hitler's invasion of The Netherlands during World War II, Gottesmann asked the Dutch artist Marten Toonder to ghost Barta's strip in 1939. Barta remained active as a painter and illustrator throughout the 1940s.
After 1945, his works were exhibited in Fészek (Nest) Artists' Club, Budapest. He died in 1956.
Erwin Barta.
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