The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-04
STRIKING POSTERS
FOR LIBERTY LOAN
Nine Million Copies OF Masterpiece
Patriotic Paintings Sent to the
Many Committees
NOTED ARTISTS CONTRIBUTE.
Howard ShandleT Christie's Mod
ernized Spirit of Victory Nth o.
graphcd For General Distribution
stamps, Suckers, Buttons, Galore.

! Throughout the United states.
hawaii Alaska, Porto Rico. Cuba, the
Philippines and IS m " h ere in
france some nine million posters are
daily reaching the hands of various
liberty loan committees for distribu-
ton as the first big step In the coming
third liberty loan campaign. The
drawings are contributions OF artists
OF many schools ard sections ranging
from night school student to the
most widely known illustrators. Work
on the posters was begun early in jan
uary, and every government facility
employed to expedite their completion.
Paper, Coal and other necessary agen-
cies in their production we're all OBJ
tanned with the special effort required
at this time
+ with the enthusiasm artists nsces-
sarlly bring to their work these con-
trihutors to the liberty loan have ex-
! pressed in almost every conceivable
form the ideals of the patriot. Three
OF the designs, by Raleigh, Pennell
and Paus. were donated through the
subcommittee on pictorial publicity OF
the committee on public Information,
OF which Charles Dana Gibson is chair
man. All the designs used were fur
nished without charge to the treasury
department
One of the most powerful posters is
by Joseph Penneit, the renowned
Philadelphia marine artist Executed
with the strength of line characterize
tic of an etching, a great battleship in
dock is the imposing subject Of the
I picture. AiTplanes circle overhead
and the scene about the dock is one
lof great activity. The whole cousti-
! tutes pictorial recognition Of the ma
Tinn'G aarf91
tnelrs own caption fer the poster PRO
! vide the Sinews of War is particularly
/ fitting. In order that there might be
no mistake in the reproduction of
the drawing, Pennell went to New
York and personally executed the
work.
! "Oyer the Top"
Over the Top one Of the most
/ popular slogans Of the day. is we'll con-
ceived in Sydsey Riesenbergs spirited
( painting. over the Top For You" 1t
promises to DO one of the most popu-
lar posters Of the campaign In addl-
i ton to imbuing the soldier figure with
unusual virility. Riesenburg has sue
ceeded in putting much action into
inanimate parts of the painting. par
! ticuIarly the flag which the soldier
carries. The fiag,$ filed with a brisk
wind, is silhouetted against the in
tense blackness that Immediately pre-
codes the dawn
/ Halt the Hun" is the powerful ex-
hortation standing forth In red let
tering on q poster drawn by Henry
Raleigh The poster shows an An,erf-
can soldier forcing back a brutal figure
wearing an iron cross, at whose feet
covers a woman CIutching child
All tae figures are in black crayon
set against a buff background streaked
with flames of lurid red.
Howard Chandler Christy has con-
trihuted stirring poster A modern
/ lied spirit of victory bearing an Ameri-
can flag challenges the patriotism of
The country for support OF the advanc-
ing columns OF American soldiers in
the background, Art critics declare
that Christy has risen to new heights
IN endowing this painting with the
spirit OF freedom and victory One
million posters OF this design. in eight
colors and two sizes, have been litho-
graphed for general distribution.
Young Artist Assists.
An attraCtlvely executed design and
n clever caption are cor&hined in A
poster, Are you 100 per cent Ameri-
can?' by Sydney s. Stern. The artist
IS young man who writes that he at
tended various evening schools OF art,
including the New York Evening
School OF Industrial Art"
Exact reproductions OF the famous
Liberty Bell and Independence Hall in
/ Philadelphia are shown in the Ring
/ it Again" poster IT is lithographsd
In eight coiors and depicts an enthu-
siastic throng surrounding Ind G.
pendene Hall while the Liberty He'll
rings out its message of freedom and
! democracy The Liberty Bell has
proven such a strong emblem in pre-
vous campaigns that it is being used
( more extensively in publicity work
for the coming campaign than ever be-
fore
! The soldier, asleep behind the lines
and dreaming of victory with his COM
rades is depicted in a twenty-four
sheet poster. The figure OF a Size, ping
soldier is in khaki color and occupies
/ the lower part of the poster, forming
! a vivid contrast to the cold greenish
representation OF NO Mans Land"
/ In the background. He dreams OF vic
tory, and high above him he and his
comrades are vfgnetted as marching
home. joyously bearing the laurels that
they have won in ths trenches The
entire poster is fun OF life and action
/ and we'll represents the fitting realiza-
ton OF soldiers desire. This poster
! will be displayed on $500 billboards
soldier poster entitled ITO Make the
World q Decent Place to Live In" by
Herbert Paus, the dark fisures Of the
soldiers in the act of going over the
top are silhouetted against q Iurid sky.
giving the composition striking con
trast and action.
hoy Scouts Part
In recognition OF the sale OF more
than S100.000,0oo worth of liberty
bonds last October by the Boy Scouts
of America and their intention 10 CO.
operate in the third liberty loan cam
paign,. special poster has been pro.
duced for them by the treasury da.
partment through tho courtesy OF ]
c. Leysndecker and the Saturday
Evening Post. a million of the posr
ers. in eight colors. showing a Scout
knseling before an heroic figure of
liberty, will be distributed by Scouts
throughout the country.
One OF the best posters with the
figure of a child that has been pro-
duced in any Of the governmental pub
hcity campaigns is that of a little
blonde girl who proudly proclaims
that her daddy has bought her. a
government security, which abe
clutches TO her breast
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