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.
Hugo Gellert Self-Portrait, circa 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.
Előre (Forward) was a Hungarian-language socialist magazine published in the United States by activists of the Hungarian Socialist Federation of the Socialist Party of America. Launched in September 1905, Előre was published for 16 years before going bankrupt in October 1921. The discontinued publication was immediately succeeded by a new Hungarian-language communist periodical called Új Előre.
Cover of the February 6, 1916 issue of Előre, featuring anti-militarist art by Hungarian-born artist Hugo Gellert.