Hugo Gellert
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Hugo Gellert was a Hungarian-American illustrator and muralist. A committed radical and member of the Communist Party of America, Gellert created much work for political activism in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Gellert in 1972
Self-portrait c. 1918
"Out of the War." This cover image of an armless veteran being spoon-fed, from a February 1916 issue of Előre, exemplifies Gellert's radical anti-militarism.
Gellert did the cover art for first issue of The Liberator in March 1918, the seminal American radical magazine.
The cover of Aesop Said So, Gellert's book of lithographs, 1936
Gellert in 1975
An article by Johnny Woods about Gellert published in the Daily World, August 14, 1975Connected to Hugo 6
About this person
Hugo Gellert was a Hungarian-American illustrator and muralist. A committed radical and member of the Communist Party of America, Gellert created much work for political activism in the 1920s and 1930s. It was distinctive in style, considered by some art critics as among the best political work of the first half of the 20th century.
Country
United StatesCategory
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1985 · aged 93
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9 languages
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