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

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.

RECRUITMENT

From http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/germany.htm

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.

RECRUITMENT

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

RECRUITMENT

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.htmRECRUITMENT

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.

A recruitment poster asking Australians to join the army

http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/australia.htmRECRUITMENT

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

RECRUITMENT

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.

RECRUITMENT

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.

RECRUITMENT

Written by W.R. Winspear in 1917 in Australia <www.eurekatimes.net/Australian%20Defense/role-australian-women-ww1.htm

“The Blood Vote”

Issued as campaign leaflet by Womans Peace Army to oppose conscription in Australia during World War I

Stressing the mother’s love for her son to convey to the people of Austrialia that too may men had already died and ultimatley opposed the war

ANTI-RECRUITMENT

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 (Women’s Land Army established)

Poster was used to advertise the need for women laborers around Britain during WW1

British Government Poster published in 1917

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Women’s Land Army

EFFECTS ON EMPLOYMENT

Crises of the Imperial Order:Effects 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

http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/russia.htmEFFECTS ON EMPLOYMENT

Crises of the Imperial Order:Effects on Employment

• Australian poster• Circa 1914-1918• Calling everyone to

participate in the war, whether it be fighting in Europe or working in industry

http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/australia.htmEFFECTS ON EMPLOYMENT

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.

http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/images/pp_us_18.jpg WAR RATIONING

•This poster was created circa 1917by 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.

WAR RATIONING

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.

WAR RATIONING

War Rationing

• Rationing poster.• UK• Need for water

http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/uk.htm

WAR RATIONING

American Red Cross poster from the United States urging American Red Cross poster from the United States urging people to save pits and nuts from various foods, 1918.people to save pits and nuts from various foods, 1918.

http://www.archives.state.al.us/teacher/ww1/lesson5/doc06.htmlhttp://www.archives.state.al.us/teacher/ww1/lesson5/doc06.htmlWAR RATIONING

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

http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/images/pp_uk_36.jpg

http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/images/pp_uk_19.jpg WAR RATIONING

•This poster was created circa 1917by 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.

WAR RATIONING

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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.

WAR RATIONING

U.S. Food Administration Postersc. 1917-1918

WAR RATIONING

U.S. Food Administration Postersc. 1917-1918

WAR RATIONING

U.S. Treasury - Liberty Loan Drive

WAR FINANCING

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!”

Prager Straße (Prague Street)

Source: http://www.art-ww1.com/trame/098text.html

IMPACT ON ART

A Bursting Shell

Country: BritainArtist: C.R.W. NevinsonPainting: A Bursting ShellYear: 1915Materials/Size: oil on canvas, 76.2 x 55.9 cm

C.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).

Source: http://www.art-ww1.com/trame/043text1.htmlIMPACT ON ART

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

Image from: http://www.art-ww1.com/gb/texte/021text.html

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 enemy’s.

Impact on Art

IMPACT ON ART

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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, you’ll notice that all the crosses represent soldiers from all sides. This painting was the first to introduce the symbol for the “unknown soldier.”

IMPACT ON ART

William OrpenWilliam Orpen

Dead Germans in a TrenchDead Germans in a Trench (1918) (1918)

LondonLondon

oil on canvas 91.4 x 76.2 cmoil on canvas 91.4 x 76.2 cm

““All Quiet on the Western All Quiet on the Western Front,” disturbingly calm, Front,” disturbingly calm, quiet, peaceful, despite the quiet, peaceful, despite the

two dead soldiers in a two dead soldiers in a partly destroyed trench.partly destroyed trench.

http://www.art-ww1.com/trame/084text.htmlIMPACT ON ART