Education
Van Munster studied from 1955-1957 at the Academy of Fine Arts and Applied Sciences in Rotterdam, and from 1957-1960 at the Instituut voor Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs in Amsterdam.
Van Munster studied from 1955-1957 at the Academy of Fine Arts and Applied Sciences in Rotterdam, and from 1957-1960 at the Instituut voor Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs in Amsterdam.
After graduation van Munster settled as independent artist in Gorinchem. In 1967 he moved to Rotterdam, where he worked until 1985. From 1987 to 1991 he worked is Noordwelle, Schouwen-Duiveland, from 1989 to 2003 in Renesse, Schouwen-Duiveland, and afterwards in Vlissingen.
From 1968-1970 he was a lecturer at the Ateliers "63 in Haarlem, from 1974-1977 at the Rotterdam Art Academy and from 1978-1990 at the Academy of Art and Design Saint Joost "s-Hertogenbosch.
Since 2011, this foundation has managed an artist residency and exhibition space located in a former water tower and adjacent buildings in the Dutch village Oost-Souburg. Van Munster"s 1981 work Energie-Piek ijs was pictured on the inside cover of the 1988 Joy Division compilation Civil Defense Substance, while his light sculpture Plus et Minister featured on the inner sleeve art of the reissued single Atmosphere released from the same album.
The latter in turn inspired the title and artwork of the band"s compilation box set +- Singles 1978-1980.
