Description
American Second World War poster , produced by the United States Office of War Information, Division of Public Enquiries, poster no. 60. The poster depicts fishermen hauling buckets of fish onto a wharf. Henry Koerner (1915 – 1991) was an Austrian-born American painter and graphic designer best known for works of the late 1940s and his portrait covers for 'Time' magazine. Employed as a commercial artist in Maxwell Bauer Studios in Manhattan, he achieved initial success as a poster artist, receiving two first prizes from the National War Poster Competition. In 1943, the Office of War Information hired Koerner in its Graphics Division in New York, where he worked alongside artists Ben Shahn, Bernard Perlin, and David Stone Martin. Drafted into the U.S. Army, he was ordered in 1944 to the Graphics Division of the Office of Strategic Services in Washington, D.C. Shipped to London, he documented, in pen and ink sketches and photographs, everyday life during wartime. After VE Day (8 May 1945), Koerner was reassigned to Germany, sketching defendants at the War Crimes trials.
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Accession Number
ARTV05864
Publisher/Issued By
Office of War Information
Printer
U S Government printing office
Measurement
Sheet: 71 x 51 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Credit Line
Donated in 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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