ART & ARTISTS: World War 1 posters

During World War 1 the impact of the poster as a means of communication was greater than at any other time during history. The ability of poster to inspire, inform, and persuade combined with vibrant design trends in many of the participating countries to produce thousands of interesting visual works. As a valuable historical research resource, the posters provide multiple points of view for understanding this global conflict. As artistic works, the posters range in style form graphically vibrant works by well-known designers to anonymous ones.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

This is Part 5 of a 10-part series on WW1 posters:

1917 Britishers - You're Needed Come Across Now
artist Lloyd Burton Myers (1892- 1955 USA)

Your Country Calls, Enlist
artist Lloyd Burton Myers (1892-1955 USA)

1917 Britishers Enlist To-Day This poster was originally produced in Britain and Australia in 1915 and 1916 with the caption 'It's Our Flag, Fight for it, Work for it'. This variant was produced in 1917 to recruit British expatriates in the United States. However, as the original caption would be unsuitable there, it was replaced by 'Britishers Enlist To-Day'. 280 Broadway is an office block in the Manhattan area of New York, which was bought in 1917 for the 'New York Sun' newspaper

A London artist, Lipscombe studied at the Royal Academy Schools and soon after graduation became the motor sport illustrator for the newly founded magazine 'The Motor'. He soon became the acknowledged master of the genre and began painting and exhibiting large scale oils. His depiction of the 1907 French Grand Prix now hangs on the main stairs of the Royal Automobile Club in London. He created a well-known patriotic poster for the British Rail Recruitment Office which was re-used successfully by the War Office in the Great War. During hostilities he volunteered as a driver with the British Red Cross and served on the Italian Front in Italy, producing a number of works whilst there. Four of these were acquired by the Imperial War Museum.

1917 Britishers Enlist To-Day
artist Guy Lipscombe (1881-1952 UK)

1917 Buy National War Bonds
artist unknown (UK)

1917 Standing in the Trench
Subscribe to the 3rd. Loan of the National Defense
artist Jean Droit 1884-1961 (France)

1918 4th. National Loan
Subscribe, Central Society of Provincial Banks
artist Jean Droit 1884-1961 (France)

1917 Destroy This Mad Brute Harry Ryle Hopps (1869-1937 Los Angeles) was an American businessman and artist. He was the son of George Hopps and Ann Hopps, both artists. George Hopps was a stage set designer. Harry Ryle Hopps and his brother Bert owned the United Glass Company of San Francisco from c.1880 to c.1918. Hopps subsequently moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as an art director on a number of films such as The Thief of Bagdad.

1917 Destroy This Mad Brute, Enlist
artist Harry Ryle Hopps (1869-1937 USA)

1917 Two Scourges The Boche Tuberculosis
artists Georges Dorival & Georges Capon (France)

1918 Soldier
's Homes
artist George Dorival (1869-1968)

Charles Buckles Falls also known as CB Falls (1874-1960) was an American artist and member of the decorative Designers, most known for his illustrations and writings. He is the author and illustrator of several books, including The ABC Book . He is also known for his World War I poster advertisements, such as Books Wanted.

1917 EEE-Yah-Yip Go over with US Marines
artist Charles Buckles Falls (USA)

1917 The Camp Library is Yours
artist Charles Buckles Falls (USA)

1917 The U.S. Marines Want You
artist Charles Buckles Falls (USA)

1917 U.S. Engineers Foremost Skilled Mechanics, Technical Specialists
artist Charles Buckles Falls (USA)

1918 Books Wanted for our Men
artist Charles Buckles Falls (USA)

Warning 1917
artist Charles Buckles Falls (USA)

L.N. Britton (1858-1934 USA):

1917 Eat More Corn, Oats and Rye Products
artist L.N. Britten (USA)

1917 Join The Red Cross
artist L.N. Britten (USA)

c1917 They are looking for us for help are you one of us?
artist L.N. Britten (USA)

American artist Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952) was one of the most popular painters and illustrators of his time. His portraits of young American women furnished an ideal for feminine beauty in the early 20th century. While much admired for his renderings of beautiful women, Christy was also a highly sought-after illustrator for books and magazines, and later in his career he became a noted muralist.

In 1934 he painted the famous nude murals at the Café Des Artistes in New York City. His most ambitious piece, The Signing of the Constitution of the United States (1940), involved three years of research and took six years of painting to complete. The oil-on-canvas painting, 30 feet long and 20 feet high, portrays the 39 signers of the document and today hangs in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Christy died in New York City on March 3, 1952.

c1917 Your Angel of Mercy
artist Howard Chandler Christy (USA)

1917 I Want You fot The Navy
artist Howard Chandler Christy (USA)

1917 Gee!! I wish I were a Man I'd join The Navy
artist Howard Chandler Christy (USA)

1917 Fight or Buy Bonds
artist Howard Chandler Christy (USA)

1918 Patriotic League
artist Howard Chandler Christy (USA)

1918 Fight with National War Bonds (UK)
artist Howard Chandler Christy (USA)

1919 The Spirit of America Join (The Red Cross)
artist Howard Chandler Christy (USA)

In her Wheatless Kitchen
artist Howard Chandler Christy (USA)

If You Want to Fight! Join The Marines
artist Howard Chandler Christy (USA)

1917 First in France, U.S. Marines
artist John Albert Coughlin (1885-1943 USA)

James Henry Daugherty (1889-1974):

c1917 Send the Eagle's Answer More Ships
artist James Henry Daughetry (USA)

1917 Follow the Flag Enlist in the Navy
artist James Henry Daughetry (USA)

1918 The Ships are Coming
artist James Henry Daughetry (USA)

c1918 Shove Off Join the Navy
artist James Henry Daughetry (USA)

1919 Give the World The Once Over in the United States Navy
artist James Henry Daughetry (USA)

1919 Come Along learn something see something in the U S Navy
artist James Henry Daughetry (USA)

James Montgomery Flagg was an American artist known for his work in fine art painting, cartooning, and illustration, particularly political posters. Influenced by John Singer Sargent, Flagg was born in 1877 in Pelham, New York, United States. He studied at the Art Students League of New York and spent his later years in Biddeford Pool, Maine, United States. Flagg passed away in 1960 in New York City, New York, United States. His works are exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery.