Emery Kelen
Emery Kelen (born in 1896 as Emerich Kelen in Győr , Austria-Hungary ; died 12. October 1978 in Vienna ) was a Hungarian graphic artist and cartoonist .
Life
After the First World War , in which Kelen took part as a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Joint Army , he attended Hans Hofmann's painting school in Munich from 1919 . In the 1920s and 1930s, Kelen worked with his friend and colleague Alois Derso as a political illustrator for newspapers across Europe, including Illustrated London News , Le Rire , Tribune de Genève and Tempo . But he also appeared as a book illustrator, e.g. B. in the series “What is not in the Baedeker” (Berlin band) - here with Derso - and “ Wat niet in Baedekerstaat ” (Amsterdam band).
On October 13, 1938, they both emigrated to New York . There they worked for Esquire , New York Times , New York Post , Christian Science Monitor and the Washington Post, among others . From 1948 to 1956, Kelen worked as the United Nations Information Bureau's first television producer . After his retirement he published numerous books, including a biography about Dag Hammarskjöld and several children's books .
literature
- Emery Kelen: Peace in Their Time. Random House, New York 1963
- Bernd A. Gülker: The distorted modernity. The caricature as a popular art criticism in German satirical magazines. LIT Verlag, Münster 2001
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kelen, Emery |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kelen, Emerich; Kelen, Imre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian graphic artist and caricaturist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Győr |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1978 |
| Place of death | Vienna |