Albert Komp (born Johann Paul Albert Komp; 27 January 1845[1][2] – 4 April 1910)[3] was a German-American painter who was active in New York City communist circles in the mid-nineteenth century.
[5] In 1857, Komp joined Friedrich Sorge, Fritz Jacobi and Fr Kamm in setting up the New York Communist Club.
[7] He was also active in the American Workers League, alongside James McGuire and Ida B.
[8] Komp was in correspondence with Karl Marx for a number of years, requesting literature such as The Poverty of Philosophy and the Neue Rheinische Zeitung be sent to him in New York.
[9] Komp was a childhood friend of Joseph Dietzgen, and in 1861 Ditzgen left the manuscript of his article Schwarz oder Weiss with him when he left for Germany.