Search Results

Image 1 of 1

James Montgomery Flagg, artist
American, 1877 - 1960
Wake Up, America! Civilization Calls Every Man, Woman and Child - World War I Poster, 1917
lithograph poster
105 x 70.2 cm (sheet)
Gift of Sean H. Thackrey 1979.1.86

Zoom this image

Artist Biography: Illustrator, poster artist, and portrait painter. Known for illustrations of buxom girls and for his World War I recruiting poster of the pointing Uncle Sam with the caption "I Want You.". The poster was reissued during World War II. ~~Sold his first drawing to the children's magazine St. Nicholas, at the age of 12. After 1892, became a regular contributor to other popular periodicals, and his illustrations were collected into books. Flagg's dashing line and sure draftsmanship were evident in portraits in oil and watercolor, although the public knew him mainly through his commercial art. With an autobiography, "Roses and Buckshot " (1946), Flagg depicted himself as a bohemian, unfettered by convention.

Related Keywords
I War World Child and Woman Man Every Calls Civilization Up Wake Thackrey H Sean Gift America North States United Print poster lithograph James Montgomery Flagg American 3307201109570057 A057764 1979.1.86 AFGA