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Hugo Gellert Biography
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1892 |
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Born May 3, in Budapest, Hungary
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1906 |
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Family emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City
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1909 - 1914 |
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Studied at Cooper Union and at the National Academy of Design
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1916 |
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Published his first anti-war art, opposing World War I, in the New York Hungarian Socialist Daily, Elöre
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1925 |
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Worked as a staff artist for the New York Times
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1927 |
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Became leader of the Anti-Horthy League (the first American anti-Fascist organization)
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1939 |
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Helped organize the Artists for Defense group and would later become the chairman for Artists for Victory
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1954 |
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Established the Art of Today Gallery in New York, NY with Rockwell Kent and Charles White to provide an exhibition venue for blacklisted artists
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1985 |
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Died December 9, in Freehold Township, New Jersey
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Fogel, Jacobi and Gellert: Urban Grit, Childs Gallery, Boston, MA
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1986
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Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY
Commemorative Exhibition of the 50th Anniversary of the American Artists Congress (1936-1942), ACA Galleries, New York, NY
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1974
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Budapest Museum of Labor History, Budapest Hungary
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1968
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Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
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1967
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Retrospective Exhibition, the Marx-Lenin Institute, Moscow, Russia
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1939
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New York World's Fair, Fountain Lake, NY (Group)
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1936
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Municipal Art Gallery Opening, New York, NY
American Artist's Congress Exhibition, Traveling Exhibition to 30 US Cities
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1935
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Whitney Museum of American Art (Solo)
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1932
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1923
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First solo exhibition, Keworkian Gallery,New York, NY
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