I'd never heard of him, but his drawing style is quite impressive.
https://www.facebook.com/fermin.hontou
https://www.google.com/search?q=fermin+hontou+&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjpg7X-2u75AhVbsHIEHcNBDE4Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=fermin+hontou+&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECAAQHlCWBljtEWDQFWgAcAB4AIABmAGIAa8IkgEDNS41mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=ChYOY-
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(photos and artwork - scroll down a bit and you'll see his caricature of Edgar Allan Poe)
https://www.elpais.com.uy/tvshow/arte/murio-dibujante-uruguayo-fermin-hontou-conocido-ombu-tenia-anos.html
(in Spanish)
https://sonorasonora.com/the-uruguayan-artist-and-cartoonist-fermin-hontou-ombu-died-at-the-age-of-65-tvshow-08-25-2022/
(translation)
Excerpts:
...Hontou was 65 years old and this week he had suffered a serious domestic accident, for which he had to be hospitalized. He was also recovering from an operation for hydrocephalus, El País learned.
Born in Montevideo and raised for several years in Melo, Hontou made comics and illustrations for various press media, including El País Cultural. His works were also published in Jaque, Guambia, El Dedo and more, in addition to Brecha.
At the beginning of the 1980s, he lived for several seasons in Mexico, where he had a fermental period in which he rubbed shoulders with renowned artists. In Uruguay, in 1993, he founded the Caricature and Cartoon Workshop together with the musician and
cartoonist Tunda Prada. He was a teacher.
...Hontou began his training in the workshops of José Luis "Pepe" Montes, Julio Alpuy and Guillermo Fernández, in the 1970s. He studied serigraphy and metal engraving at the Montevideo Engraving Club in 1991, and received a scholarship from the
Camnitzer Studio. to train in photoengraving and metal engraving in Lucca (Italy), collects Efe.
Juan Carlos Onetti, Idea Vilariño, Gabriel García Márquez, Fernando Cabrera, Eduardo Mateo, José Mujica and even Luis Suárez were shaped by his pen, recognized nationally and internationally.
On social networks, several figures highlighted his talent and deeply regretted his departure. "In the newsroom we were moved by this news that we did not expect," they said from Brecha.
https://www-elobservador-com-uy.translate.goog/nota/murio-fermin-hontou-ombu-referente-de-la-caricatura-y-la-ilustracion-en-uruguay-202282523158?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
(this one is translated, but I can't seem to copy and paste anything - check out what it says at the end)
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