Musée du Luxembourg poster: La Grande Guerre, l'effort et l'idéal – Vintage Poster Wall Art
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A window into the past: Musée du Luxembourg poster: La Grande Guerre, l'effort et l'idéal, preserved in this vintage poster. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Musée du Luxembourg poster: La Grande Guerre, l'effort et l'idéal
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Rather than a recruiting or bond appeal, this 1918 poster for the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris casts "the Great War" as a test of national effort and shared purpose. The Luxembourg was then the state's museum for living artists, one of the city's most visible cultural institutions, so a wartime notice issued from it suggests that culture was expected to sustain the national effort alongside the army and industry. By 1918 the war had dragged on for more than four years, and appeals like this one aimed to keep civilians committed through its final months.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 2,798 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 825_La_Grande_Guerre_Leffor_1918 |
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