Bayern! Euerer Land steht in Flammen! / Wera v. Bartels. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Bayern! Euerer Land steht in Flammen! / Wera v. Bartels., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Bayern! Euerer Land steht in Flammen! / Wera v. Bartels.
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*Bayern! Euerer Land steht in Flammen!* ("Bavaria! Your land is in flames!") is a 1919 color lithograph by Wera von Bartels, addressed directly to Bavarians. A pencilled note on the back places a copy at Kirchenlaibach station on 26 May 1919, a few weeks after government and Freikorps troops ended the Bavarian Soviet Republic in Munich. Posters like this one fed the fear that Bavaria was becoming a communist stronghold, and they show how anti-communism and the chaos of Germany's postwar years were tied together. The blazing landscape makes the warning immediate, even for viewers who cannot read the German text.
| Created / published | 1919 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 79 x 58 cm. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. Hand-written on verso: Stamp on verso: aus Sammlung A. Wolf Leipzig O 39. Pencilled at lower right corner 26 Mai 1919 Bahnhof Kirchenlaibach. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Aftermath--Germany. Anti-communism--Germany--Bavaria--1910-1920. Fire--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,014 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 186_Bayern_Euerer_Land_steh_1919 |
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