Missouri Historical Review
Historiostl ZR,evie*w BOYS and GIRLS! Tlbu can helpyour Uncle Sam Win the War Save jyour Quarters Buy War Savings Stamps The State Historical Society of Missouri COLUMBIA, MISSOURI HgisiSllill^ The front cover illustration is one of artist-author M James Montgomery Flagg's World War I patriotic posters, g] Flagg, born in 1877, studied at the Art Students League M in New York and at Herkomer's Art School in Bushey, M England; he later studied with Victor Marec of Paris. An illustrator for various magazines including St. Nicholas Magazine, Judge and Life, Flagg's portrait paintings were exhibited at the Paris Salon and the National Academy of Design. He prepared patriotic posters during both World Wars. His writings include the books: Yankee Girls Abroad, Why They Married, City People and the autobiographical H Roses and Buckshot. Flagg died on May 27, 1960. || Flagg's poster is one of many varied items in the So- M ciety's latest gallery and corridor exhibition entitled, "Con- [§] flict: Men, Events and Artists." Among the artists and || lithographers included in the exhibition are: George Caleb jS Bingham, Thomas Hart Benton, Daniel R. Fitzpatrick, S. J. H Ray, George Wilhelm Fasel, Louis Kurz, Alexander Allison, g| Gladys Wheat and William Knox. Paintings, lithographs, B posters and drawings are some of the items constituting SI the exhibit. "Conflict: Men, Events and Artists" can be n viewed Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. M m MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW Published Quarterly by THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA, MISSOURI RICHARD S.
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