Die Kunst im Krieg / Scheurich 16. – Vintage 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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This rare vintage poster captures Die Kunst im Krieg / Scheurich 16. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Die Kunst im Krieg / Scheurich 16.
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Few posters of the period announce an exhibition as directly as this 1916 Berlin lithograph, whose title, *Die Kunst im Krieg*, translates as "Art in War." The record ties it to a wartime exhibition in Berlin, and its subject headings point to helmets, a familiar emblem of the German army that appeared often in wartime imagery. Color lithography was the main method for mass-producing posters in Germany at the time, allowing bold designs to be printed cheaply and pasted on city walls. Like many posters of the war years, it shows how German cultural institutions used graphic art to address the public about the conflict.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 72 x 95 cm. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Exhibitions--Germany--Berlin. Art exhibitions--Germany--Berlin--1910-1920. Helmets--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,053 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 231_Die_Kunst_im_Krieg_Sc_1916 |
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