FROM: http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/britpost/posters.htm

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Great Britain, 1879 by Septimus Edwin b. Scott.
This poster is very aggressive in its attempts to
coax men into joining the army. It places the
blame directly on Germany and uses bright colors
and violence to attract attention to the poster.
FROM http//gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/dept/spec
coll/britpost/posters.htm
RECRUITMENT
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This poster is from Germany and during the time
of 1914-1918.
Without translation, it is clear that this German
poster claims to have Jesus on their side. It is
as though Jesus himself is blessing the German
soldiers on their way to battle. This exhibition
of pious behavior surely was provocative enough
to cause young men to enlist.
From http//www.firstworldwar.com/posters/germany.
htm
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This poster was produced by the British
government. This poster could have been produced
anywhere from 1914, until the British stopped
fighting in World War one. This recruitment
poster is attempting to portray an image of the
army not regularly thought of. It is trying to
get people to enroll, by making prospective
soldiers think that in the army not only do you
fight, but you also play rugby and croquet.
http//www.firstworldwar.com/posters/uk2.htm
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This is a poster asking US citizens to join the
Marine Corps. The man in it is an Admiral.
http//www.firstworldwar.com/posters/usa6.htm
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A recruitment poster asking Australians to join
the army
This is a poster trying to get Australians to
join the army. These type of posters Were
important to Australia because they did not have
a draft.
http//www.firstworldwar.com/posters/australia.htm
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This recruitment poster was produced by the
Australian government. It could have produced
anywhere from 1914 until the Australians stopped
fighting in World War One. This recruitment
poster is trying to explain how dire the
situation is in battle. Its saying to the
potential recruit that they are really needed by
the Australian Army.
http//www.firstworldwar.com/posters/australia.htm
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United Kingdom Recruitment Poster

• This recruitment poster was made by the British
  government
• It was produced around 1914 when Britain entered
  the war
• This poster scares young men into joining the
  war.
• It shows to them that if they stay at home, they
  will be faced with a bomb. However, if they wish
  to go to war and be courageous, they will have a
  more honorable death.

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• This is an American Recruitment Poster
• This poster was made by the American Government
  around 1917 when the United States entered World
  War I
• This Poster shows that the manly thing to do is
  to enter the Navy, it encouraged young men to
  join to fight for their country.

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The Blood Vote
Issued as campaign leaflet by Womans Peace Army
to oppose conscription in Australia during World
War I Stressing the mothers love for her son to
convey to the people of Austrialia that too may
men had already died and ultimatley opposed the
war
Written by W.R. Winspear in 1917 in Australia
ltwww.eurekatimes.net/Australian20Defense/role-aus
tralian-women-ww1.htm
ANTI-RECRUITMENT
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Womens Land Army
Due to WW1 the number of British soldiers were
increasing and domestic labor lost a lot of
men British government decided that more women
needed to become involved in producing food and
goods to support war efforts (Womens Land Army
established) Poster was used to advertise the
need for women laborers around Britain during WW1
British Government Poster published in 1917
lthttp//www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wland.htmgt
EFFECTS ON EMPLOYMENT
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Crises of the Imperial OrderEffects on
Employment

• Russian Poster
• All Russian Central Union Women, adhere to
  the co-operation!
• Circa 1917
• Telling women to continue to work to support
  Russian Army

EFFECTS ON EMPLOYMENT
http//www.firstworldwar.com/posters/russia.htm
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Crises of the Imperial OrderEffects on
Employment

• Australian poster
• Circa 1914-1918
• Calling everyone to participate in the war,
  whether it be fighting in Europe or working in
  industry

EFFECTS ON EMPLOYMENT
http//www.firstworldwar.com/posters/australia.htm
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War Rationing Poster

• An American war rationing poster encouraging
  Americans circa 1917-1918. The poster tells them
  that all the food that they waste hurts their
  soldiers.

WAR RATIONING
http//www.firstworldwar.com/posters/images/pp_us_
18.jpg
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• This poster was created circa 1917
• by the US.
• It was issued by the U. S. Food
• Administration
• This poster communicated to the public the
  importance of rationing food during war time.

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War Rationing Posters

• This British poster circa 1914-1918 that
  encourages all British women to can their goods
  and conserve their resources so that there is
  enough for their soldiers.

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War Rationing

• Rationing poster.
• UK
• Need for water

http//www.firstworldwar.com/posters/uk.htm
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• American Red Cross poster from the United States
  urging people to save pits and nuts from various
  foods, 1918.
• http//www.archives.state.al.us/teacher/ww1/lesson
  5/doc06.html

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• British posters urging readers to save bread and
  coal, 1915

http//www.firstworldwar.com/posters/images/pp_uk_
36.jpg http//www.firstworldwar.com/posters/image
s/pp_uk_19.jpg
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• This poster was created circa 1917
• by the US.
• It was issued by the U. S. Food
• Administration
• This poster communicated to the public the
  importance of rationing food during war time,
  particularly sugar. It demands for the people to
  obey orders to ration their food. They are
  making sure to save enough sugar to send over
  seas to the men fighting for their country.

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• Created circa 1917 by the US
• It was distributed by the U. S. Department of
  Agriculture.
• This poster tells the public that cottage cheese
  is a better option than meat. It says that it
  supplies more protein that most meats, and is
  cheaper. They are trying to saver to meats to
  send to the men fighting over seas.

• http//www.firstworldwar.com/posters/usa.htm

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U.S. Food Administration Postersc. 1917-1918
WAR RATIONING
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U.S. Food Administration Postersc. 1917-1918
WAR RATIONING
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U.S. Treasury - Liberty Loan Drive
WAR FINANCING
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Prager Straße (Prague
Street)
Country GermanyArtist Otto DixPainting
Prager Straße (Prague Street)Year
1920Materials/Size oil and collage on canvas,
101 x 81 cm.This painting was seized and
destroyed by the Nazis in 1933. The painting
grotesquely depicts the painful world of the
veterans begging or displaying their wounds as a
proof of bravery. The painting is satirical, with
political allusions such as the booklet next to
the cripple on a skateboard, which states 'Juden
raus! or Jews out!
IMPACT ON ART

Source
http//www.art-ww1.com/trame/098text.html
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A Bursting Shell
Country BritainArtist C.R.W.
NevinsonPainting A Bursting ShellYear
1915Materials/Size oil on canvas, 76.2 x
55.9 cmC.R.W. Nevinson here portrays a shell
exploding, using the geometry of angles and
triangles, evoking the feeling of flying
shrapnel. Nevinson adds color suggesting a
restricting setting, such as a well. The painting
suggests feelings of confinement and violence and
the extraordinary feeling of the irresistible
force of destruction (as stated by a columnist
after viewing the painting).
IMPACT ON ART

Source http//www.art-ww1.com/trame/043text1.
html
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Dazzled-Ships in Drydock at Liverpool

• Edward Alexander Wadsworth
• Year Produced 1919
• Country Canada
• Medium Oil on canvas
• It was commemorative commission from the Canadian
  government.
• Wadsworth uses generally chaotic geometry, and
  use relative camouflage
• The workers on lost in the word of mechanical
  objects, like the boat and chimney stacks.
• http//www.art-ww1.com/gb/texte/056text.html

IMPACT ON ART
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Impact on Art
This watercolor is by Otto Dix. It is called
Sturmtruppe geht unter Gas vor (Assault under
Gas), and it was done in 1924. Otto Dix was from
Uternhouse, Germany and served as a
non-commissioned officer on the Western Front.
His art became much more political after the war.
This painting is significant because he is not
showing the enemy in such a frightful manner, but
his own side. He gave a more horrifying look at
his own side, and not the enemys.
Image from http//www.art-ww1.com/gb/texte/021tex
t.html
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Impact on Art
This oil on canvas was done by Félix Vallotton
and is entitled Le cimetière de Châlons-sur-Marne
(The Cemetery of Châlons sur Marne), it was done
in 1917. Vallotton was born in Lausanne,
Switzerland. This painting was very straight
forward and represents the massive deaths that
occurred in the war. Upon closer inspection,
youll notice that all the crosses represent
soldiers from all sides. This painting was the
first to introduce the symbol for the unknown
soldier.
Image from http//www.art-ww1.com/gb/texte/095tex
t.html
IMPACT ON ART
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• William Orpen
• Dead Germans in a Trench (1918)
• London
• oil on canvas 91.4 x 76.2 cm
• All Quiet on the Western Front, disturbingly
  calm, quiet, peaceful, despite the two dead
  soldiers in a partly destroyed trench.

http//www.art-ww1.com/trame/084text.html
IMPACT ON ART