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German anti Bolshevik poster from 1919. Designed by Frirz Koch - Gotha it features a full-length depiction of an elderly man, dressed in bed clothes, seated in a chair, enjoying his pipe and reading a newspaper, unaware that a lit bomb is placed underneath him. His newspaper is titled ' Parteiblatt' [Partynews]. The title is positioned in the top and bottom centre in red gothic script. Both image and text are set against a white background. German poster design during the First World War was intended to be simple, graphic and visually arresting. In German posters, words and images were integrated and the essense of communication conveyed through powerful shapes and patterns. They often also extolled an overt nationalism, with the preference of the authorities being for wordy slogans which encouraged people to contribute to the war economy. Fittz Koch-Gotha (1877-1956) was a painter, illustrator, caricaturist, graphic designer and writer. Frederick "Fritz" Koch was born the son of the reserve lieutenant, and in 1880 his family moved to Breslau, but returned four years later to Gotha, where Koch graduated from high school. In 1895 he graduated from the vocational business school here. His the father desired a military career for his son, but a fall in gymnastics, followed by hearing loss denied him this and he studied art from 1895 to 1899 at the School of Visual Arts in Leipzig and painting at the Art Academy in Karlsruhe. By 1902 he was working in Berlin as a freelance illustrator. By the start of the First World War Koch - Gotha was one of the most well known illustrators in Germany.
A German First World War poster printed in colour, depicting a German soldier holding his sword up to strike, silhouetted against the clouds and sky. The text translates as; "The last strike is the 8t
German First World War poster advertising a patriotic play, 'The German Blacksmith', depicting a blacksmith with a hammer about to strike a blow. The text translates as; 'the German Smith, a patriotic
First World War German poster featuring a peasent farming scene. The poster says "Do you want this?...defend our land." This poster was produced by the print publisher, Dinse, Eckert & Cie. in Berlin
German First World War poster depicting two soldiers carrying a wounded comrade between them, a red cross in the background. The poster advertises a 'day of sacrifice' to raise money for wounded soldi
First World War German poster depicts a hand holding a pen, filling in an application form to subscribe to the Ninth War Loan. The German text exclaims; 'Sign!'. Louis Oppenheim (1879–1936) was a Germ
German anti-Bolshevik propaganda poster showing a black-clothed skeleton with a sword held in its teeth. The poster provides a context for the social, cultural, emotional and political situations in
