World War 1 posters - part 7

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 7 of a 10-part series on WW1 posters: 

Georges Bertin Scott (1873-1943) was a French war correspondent and illustrator for the French magazine L'Illustrationduring the early 20th century. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He produced paintings of the Balkan Wars as well as WW1, and also covered and illustrated scenes from the Spanish Civil War and the early WW2. In 1909 Scott married French singer Nelly Martyl, who served as a nurse during the First World War, and was awarded the  Croux de Guerre.

1917 Pour le Drapeau! Pour la Victoire! 

(For the Flag! For Victory!) 

artist Georges Bertin Scott (France)

1917 Sir - don't waste while your wife saves
artist William Crawford Young (1886-1947 USA)

Luciano Achille Mauzan (1881 – 1952) transformed viewers into buyers with bold, humorous advertisements. Born on the French Riviera, Mauzan moved to Italy in 1905. He was known as a decorative illustrator designing during the Art Deco movement, though he also painted and sculpted. After a period of study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, France, Mauzan divided his life between Milan, Paris and Buenos Aires. Between 1920 and 1940, the period between the wars, he used forms and materials under the influence of the avant-garde cubists. He was also an illustrator of posters and postcards. During his career as a poster printer and designer, Mauzan designed over 2,000 posters, using a style known for humour and brilliant colours in advertisements and events in over 1,000 postcard 

images.

1917 Fate tutti il vostro dovere!
(Everyone do your duty!)
artist Luciano Mauzan (France/Italy)

1917 Per la Liberazione sottoscrivete!
(Subscribe for Liberation!)
artist Luciano Mauzan (France/Italy)

1917 Prestito della Liberazione
(Liberation Loan)
artist Luciano Mauzan (France/Italy)

1917 Sottoscreve! Credito Italiano
(You Subscribe! Italian Credit)
artist Luciano Mauzan (France/Italy)

Alonzo Earl Foringer (1878-1948) was an American artist best known for his Red Cross promotional poster “The Greatest Mother in the World.” He received artistic training from Horatio S. Stevenson in Pittsburgh, then from Henry Siddons Mowbray and Edwin Howland Blashfield in New York City. 

1917 Help the Greatest Mother in the World
The War Chest
artist Alonzo Earl Foringer (USA)

c1917 Answer the Christmas Roll Call
Join the Red Cross
artist Alonzo Earl Foringer (USA)

1917 The Navy Wants Men
artist unknown (Canada)

Hans Rudi Erdt  (b. 1883, Benediktbeuern, d. 1918, Berlin) was a German graphic designer, lithographer and commercial artist known for his contributions to the Sachplakat movement created by Lucian Bernhard. His work at the prestigious Hollerbaum und Schmidt art printing company along with Edmund Edel, Hans Lindenstadt, Julius Klinger, Julius Gipkens, Paul Scheurich and Karl Schulpig make him one of the most important representatives of German poster art between 1906 and 1918. Erdt has also been recognized for his innovative use of typography in posters.

1917 Bei Unseren Blaujacken
(With our blue jackets)
artist Hans Rudi Erdt (Germany)

1917 Unerreichbar den Feinden bleibt unser schöner Rhein...
(Our beautiful Rhine remains inaccessible to enemies...)
artist Hans Rudi Erdt (Germany)

1917 U Boote Heraus!
(The U-boats Are Out!)
artist Hans Rudi Erdt (Germany)

c1918 Die grosse Schlacht in Frankreich
(The Great Battle of France)
artist Hans Rudi Erdt (Germany)

1918 Höllenkampf an d. Aisne
(Battle in the Hell of the Aisne)
artist Hans Rudi Erdt (Germany)

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951 was one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. Best known for his poster, book and advetising illustrations, the trade character known as The Arrow Collar Man, and his numerous covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Between 1896 and 1950 Leyendecker illustrated more than 400 magazine covers including 322 for The Saturday Evening Post, as well as many advertisement illustrations for its interior pages.

1917 U.S. Navy America Calls
Enlist in the Navy
artist J.C. Leyendecker (USA)

1917 U.S. Marines
artist J.C. Leyendecker (USA)

1917 Get in the Game With Uncle Sam
artist J.C. Leyendecker (USA)

1918 U.S.A. Bonds
Weapons For Liberty
artist J.C. Leyendecker (USA)

U.S. Navy And What it Offers
artist J.C. Leyendecker (USA)

U.S. Marines recruitment poster
artist J.C. Leyendecker (USA)

Louis Oppenheim (1879-1936) was a German graphic artist, painter and type designer. He studied in London from 1899 to 1906. He moved to Berlin and started his work as a graphic artist in 1910. His posters are considered a significant product of the 'Berlin poster style'. He also designed the first coin of the Weimar Republic in 1919.

1918 Die Beste Sparkasse - Kriegsanleihe!
(The Best Savings Bank - the War Loan!)
artist Louis Oppenheim (Germany)

1917 We need books, donate money!
artist Louis Oppenheim (Germany)

1918 Help!
artist Louis Oppenheim (Germany)

1919 What we are to lose!
artist Louis Oppenheim (Germany)

1919 What we are to lose!
artist Louis Oppenheim (Germany)

Poster announcing a play in aid of German War Aid
artist Louis Oppenheim (Germany)

Liebes-gaben S. Adam
(Gifts of Love S. Adam)
artist Louis Oppenheim (Germany)

Aluminium Kupfer Messing Nickel Zinn
(Aluminium Copper Brass Nickel Tin)
artist Louis Oppenheim (Germany)

1917 Woman your country needs you!
(artist unknown USA)

Charles Raymond Macauley (1871-1934) was an American cartoonist and illustrator. He was also involved in the film business. Born in Canton, Ohio, he worked as a freelance illustrator and as staff cartoonist for newspapers including the Cleveland World, New York World, New York Daily Mirror and others. He received the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for his 1929 cartoon "Paying for a Dead Horse.” He got into filmmaking in support of Woodrow Wilson's campaigns in 1912 and 1916. He also made a film in support of his League of Nations plan. After leaving the New York World towards the end of World War 1, he again got into filmmaking launching his own film company. In 1919, an advice column in United States Investor warned the company and filmmaking businesses in general were risky and highly speculative.

1917 You buy a Liberty Bond Lest I Perish
artist Charles R. Macauley (USA)

1917 Your Duty-Buy United States Government Bonds
artist unknown (USA)

1917 Zeichnet 7. Kriegsanleihe
(Draws 7th War Bond)
artist Thomas Fasche (Austria/Hungary)

1918Union-Bank, 8. Kriegsanleihe
Fund Raising Campaign
artist Thomas Fasche (Austria/Hungary)

Adolph Treidler (1886–1981) was an American artist known for his commercial art and wartime propaganda posters. His magazine covers and advertisement work appeared in McClure’s, Harper’s, the Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Century, Scribner’s, and the Woman’s Home Companion. He created ads for the Pierce Arrow automobiles and for the French Line. His 1930s advertising work for the Bermuda Board of Trade was instrumental in promoting tourism in Bermuda. He was president of the Artist's Guild from 1936-1937. He also created wartime propaganda posters in World War II.

c1917 Make Every Minute Count for Pershing
artist Adolph Treidler (USA)

1918 For every fighter a woman
(Young Woman Christian Association)
artist Adolph Treidler (USA)

1918 Our Flags Beat Germany
artist Adolph Treidler (USA)

1918 U.S. Marines
artist Adolph Treidler (USA)

Farm To Win "Over There"
artist Adolph Treidler (USA)

Help Stop This, Buy W.S.S
artist Adolph Treidler (USA)

World War 1 posters - part 6

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 6 of a 10-part series on WW1 posters: 

John Emmet Sheridan (1877-1948) was an illustrator well known in his lifetime for his cover art for The Saturday Evening Post, his illustrations for  Collier’s Weekly and Ladies’ Home Journal, and his commercial advertisements. He is "credited with the idea of using posters to advertise college sports.” Sheridan was a member of the Dutch Treat Club, and a frequent contributor to the programme of their annual banquet and show, and was an instructor at New York’s School of Visual Arts at the time of its founding,

1917 Food is ammunition - Don't waste it
artist John Emmet Sheridan

1917 Rivets are Bayonets, Drive them home!
artist John Emmet Sheridan

1918 "Hey Fellows!"
American Library Association
artist John Emmet Sheridan

1917 Enlist in the Sportsmen's 1000
artist unknown (Australia)

1917 Enlist On Which Side of the Window are YOU?
artist Laura Brey (1891-? USA)

1917 Every Rivet Brings Us Nearer to Victory
artist named Welsh (UK)

1917 For Liberty's Sake Enlist in the Navy
artist unknown (USA)

For Your Children Buy War Savings Certificates artist Rosina Mantovani Gutti. Gutti was born in Rome, then part of the Papal States. Her work The Peacemaker was included in the book “Women Painters of the World.” This became a popular print and was the primary illustration on an Australian poster for WWI War Bonds.The image was also used on a Canadian WWI poster "For Your Children Buy War Savings Certificates and they will live to thank you". A sketch of this group titled "Three infants" is in the collection of the British National Trust.

1917 For Your Children Buy War Savings Certificates
artist Rosina Mantovani Gutti (UK)

Original painting "The Peacemaker"

Albert Sterner (1863 London - 1946 New York) was a painter, printmaker and illustrator. While serving on staff positions at Century Magazine, Harper's and Life, Sterner gained critical recognition for his skillful and fluid draftsmanship. He also specialized in portraits of famous patrons such as the Vanderbilts, Whitneys and Wideners.

1917 free milk for france
artist Albert Sterner

1918 We need you
artist Albert Sterner

Over There, U.S. Navy
artist Albert Sterner

1917 Good Bye, Dad I'm Off To Fight For Old Glory. You Buy U.S. Gov't Bonds by

Lawren Stewart Harris CC. LL. D. (1885-1970). Harris was a Canadian artist best known as a leading member of the Group of Seven. He played a key role as a catalyst in Canadian art and as a visionary in Canadian landscape art.

1917 Good Bye, Dad I'm Off To Fight For Old Glory.
You Buy U.S. Gov't Bonds
artist Lawren Stuart Harris

Fortunino Matania (1881-1963) also known as Chevalier Fortunino Matania, was an Italian illustrator best known for his detailed and realistic depictions of World War I trench warfare and historical subjects. "The public demanded it," he once said, reflecting the public interest in his work. Born in 1881 in Naples, Italy, Matania moved to London, England, where he established his career. He was influenced by his father, Eduardo Matania, and worked primarily in the medium of illustration. 

Fortunino Matania

1917 Help the Horse to Save the Soldier (USA poster)
artist Fortunino Matania 

James Prinsep Beadle (1863-1947)

1917 We risk our lives to bring you food.
It's up to you not to waste it.
artist James Prinsep Beadle

Jeno Haranghy (1893-1851) was a decorative painter and graphic artist, active before WW2. He was rather influential as an art teacher. He designed posters during the First World War for war loans and other governmental campaigns. All of them are very decorative, colorful drawn compositions. Haranghy prefered to use national symbols and figures in folk costumes, in order to highten patriotic feelings. Later he created several poster designs for commercial and cultural purposes. His style always remained the graphical Art Noveau, but he never required the same from his students. The influence of the German poster style (Plakatstil) is visible on some of his later designs from the 1920’s.

1917 Kössünk hadikölcsön biztosítást a Hitelszövetkezetnél
(Take out war loan insurance with the Credit Union)
artist Jenő Haranghy

1917 Jegyezzünk Hadikölcsönt
(Subscribe to the War Loan)
artist Jenő Haranghy

1918 Jegyezzünk Hadikölcsönt
(Subscribe to the War Loan)
artist Jenő Haranghy

1917 Jegyezzünk Hadikölcsönt
(Subscribe to the War Loan)
artist Jenő Haranghy

1917 Kaiser- und Volks-Dank für Heer und Flotte
(Thanks from the Kaiser and the People to the Army and Navy)
artist unknown (Germany)

Charles Livingston Bull (1874–1932) was an American illustrator. He studied taxidermy in Rochester, New York and is known for his illustrations of wildlife. During WW1 he designed recruiting posters.

Bull lived for many years near the Bronx Zoo in New York to allow close access to be able to sketch living animals. He made many trips to Central and South America studying wildlife in their natural surroundings. Stories and illustrations for this trip were published in his book, Under the Roof of the Jungle. He made many drawings to help garner public interest in eagles.

1917 Keep Him Free, Buy War Savings Stamps
artist Charles Livingston Bull

c1917 Join The Army Air Service, Be An American Eagle!
artist Charles Livingston Bull

1918 Save the products of the Land
artist Charles Livingston Bull

1917 Landes-Kriegsfürsorge-Ausstellung
artist Pal Sujan (1880-?Austria)

Sidney Harry Riesenberg (1885-1971) was an illustrator and artist who lived in Yonkers, New York. He was known as a professional illustrator for his posters for the United States Marine Corps and the Liberty bond programs, for his illustrations for book covers, magazines, and for oil paintings of diverse subjects. He retired from his professional work and dedicated his full-time energy to painting fine arts and teaching. In 1937 he began spending summers in Rockport, Massachusetts, where he painted scenes of the small fishing town. He was active in the Rockport Art Association, teaching oil painting and participating in water colour figure painting classes.

c1913 For Active Service Join The U.S. Marines
artist Sidney H. Riesenberg (USA)

1916 "Soldiers of the Sea"
artist Sidney H. Riesenberg (USA)

1917 Lend As They Fight
Buy more Liberty Bonds
artist Sidney H. Riesenberg (USA)

1917 Over the Top for You
artist Sidney H. Riesenberg (USA)

1917 U.S. Marines Service on Land and Sea
artist Sidney H. Riesenberg (USA)

1918 Civilians, The Jewish Welfare Board
artist Sidney H. Riesenberg (USA)

First To Fight "Democary's Vanguard"
artist Sidney H. Riesenberg (USA)

You buy a Liberty Bond Lest I Perish
artist Sidney H. Riesenberg (USA)

1917 Lest They Perish
Campaign for $30,000,000 American Committee for Relief in the Near East
artist William B. King (1880-1927 USA)

1917 The Child At Your Door
artist William B. King (USA)

1919 Hold up your end! War Fund Week
artist William B. King (USA)

Henry George Gawthorn was born in Northampton in July 1879. He trained at Regent Street Polytechnic initially training as an architect before becoming more interested in painting. Gawthorn exhibited at the Royal Academy but started to work for the London and North Eastern Railway, one of the Big Four companies which operated between 1923 and 1948.

1917 National Service, Women's Land Army
God Speed the Plough and the Woman Who Drives It
artist Henry George Gawthorn (1879-1941 UK)

Joseph Ernest Sampson (1887-1946) was born in England, the son of a Canadian Pacific Steamships official.

As a youngster, Joseph Ernest Sampson studied art in Liverpool, where he won several awards. He then studied at the Julian Academy in Paris, as well as the Grand Chaumière and Colarossi academies, again earning awards for his figure painting and composition. He moved to Canada in 1909, settling in Toronto, continuing his art and finding work in an art printing company. He became a member of the Ontario Society of Artists in 1914.

1917 Oh please do! Daddy
artist Joseph Ernest Sampson (Canada)

Now! Victory Bonds
artist Joseph Ernest Sampson (Canada)

Skilled Mechanics Urgently Needed
Imperial Flying Corps
artist Joseph Ernest Sampson (Canada)

1917 On The Job For Victory
artist unknown (USA)

Marcello Dudovich (1878-1962)

1917 Poster advertising the seventh war bond
issued by Austria-Hungary

c1917 Zeichnet die Sechste Kriegsanleihe
(Subscribe to the Sixth War Loan)

1917 Per La Liberatà e La Civilta' Del Mondo
(For Liberty and Civilization of the World)
artist Marcello Dudovich (Italy)