About Emery Kelen
Lived 1896 – 1978 (aged 81). Emery Kelen was a Hungarian graphic designer, illustrator and caricaturist.
Emery (also spelt as Imre or Emerich) Kelen (1896–1978) was a Hungarian caricaturist.
Biography He was born in 1895 in Győr, Hungary. He enrolled in an art school in Vienna; however, with the outbreak of World War I, he was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army. While on the battlefield, he contracted typhus and was sent to a hospital in Croatia to recover. There, in collaboration with another Hungarian Jew, Alois Derso, he worked for fifteen years at the League of Nations in Geneva. Their work, signed as Kelen-Derso, appeared in numerous European newspapers and gained global recognition. In 1938, he emigrated to the United States.
Honours He won the Hungarian Military Cross in the WW1.
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Who was Emery Kelen?
Hungarian graphic designer (1896-1978)
When was Emery Kelen born?
Emery Kelen was born on 22 December 1896 in Sziget.
When did Emery Kelen die?
Emery Kelen died on 12 October 1978 in Vienna.
What was Emery Kelen's occupation?
Emery Kelen was a graphic designer, illustrator and caricaturist.
What nationality was Emery Kelen?
Emery Kelen was Hungarian.
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