Matyas Gaal was a poster designer and a graphic artist in Hungary. After completing his education, Gaal made his foray into the professional art world around 1940. One of his most noted achievements was a design he submitted to the Olympic poster competition of 1947. The design became an award-winning Hungarian poster for the London Olympics in 1948. Its illustration portrayed the bust of a Greek statue with a laurel wreath on its head whereby the leaves were ...