1918 Original u.s. Wwi Poster - Beat Back the Hun Liberty Bonds - Frederick Strothmann

Description

Date: 1918
Size: 19.5 x 29.5 inches
Artist: Frederick Strothmann
Note: Linen-back

About the artist: Strothmann was born in New … more Date: 1918
Size: 19.5 x 29.5 inches
Artist: Frederick Strothmann
Note: Linen-back

About the artist: Strothmann was born in New York City in 1872, although some sources say in Philadelphia in 1879. Little is known about his early life, except that his parents were migrants to the United States from Germany. He studied art at the Carl Hecker School of Art in New York, the Royal Academy in Berlin and in Paris.

About the poster: Strothmann created a well-known poster for the Liberty Bond drive of 1918, "Beat back the Hun with Liberty Bonds", showing a German soldier with blood on his hands, holding a bayonet and coming over the Atlantic Ocean towards burning ruins, which became an iconic image of the First World War. A liberty bond or liberty loan was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the Allied cause in World War I. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time. (wikipedia)

The poster is linen-backed, in good condition and ready to frame. less