SOLD – Hugo Gellert
New Masses Magazine
Vol 1. No 1. May 1926, Inaugural issue. Lithograph by Hugo Gellert is the cover and multiple illustrations are inside. Very good condition.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s just opened new exhibition, “Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s” celebrates the American spirit during the depression era. In the exhibition several issues of “New Masses” are exhibited.
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New Masses (1926-1948) was an American Marxist magazine launched in New York City. It was closely associated with the Communist Party USA. With the coming of the Great Depression in 1929 America became more receptive to ideas from the political Left and New Masses became highly influential in intellectual circles. The magazine has been called the principal organ of the American cultural left from 1926 onwards. It featured the work of an array of independent writers and artists.

The artists in the inaugural issue include: William Gropper, Adolph Dehn, Stuart Davis, Boardman Robinson, Wanda Gag, Louis Lozowick, F. S. Hynd, Otto Soclow, Hans Stengel and Arnold Ronnebeck.

Hugo Gellert (1892-1985) was a Hungarian-American illustrator and muralist. A committed radical and member of the Communist Party of America, Gellert is considered by some art critics as among the best political artists of the first half of the 20th century.

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