BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20161106T010000 RDATE:20170312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T010000 RDATE:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 RDATE:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 RDATE:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 RDATE:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20160429T083000 RDATE:20161106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T030000 RDATE:20171105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 RDATE:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 RDATE:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 RDATE:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2519d2ea4a79ae5d12a20aa803f13eac CATEGORIES:Museums and Exhibitions CREATED:20160407T225710 SUMMARY:“World War I: American Artists View the Great War” exhibit at the Library of Congress LOCATION:41 DESCRIPTION:“World War I: American Artists View the Great War” ExhibitionFirst in Serie s of Library Events to Mark World War I Centennial"World War I: American Ar tists View the Great War" features fine prints, drawings, cartoons, posters and photographs from the Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Divi sion. The works on display reflect the focus of wartime art on patriotic an d propaganda messages—by government-supported as well as independent and co mmercial artists.\nLocated in the Graphic Arts Galleries on the ground floo r of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington , D.C., the exhibition is free and open to the public Monday through Saturd ay, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is made possible by the Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, and is the first in a series of events the Library is planning in connection with the centennial of the United States’ entry i nto World War I. An online version of the exhibition is available at loc.go v/exhibits/american-artists-view-the-great-war/ (http://www.loc.gov/exhibit s/american-artists-view-the-great-war/).\n\nMany of the artists featured in the exhibition worked for the federal government’s Division of Pictorial P ublicity, a unit of the Committee on Public Information. Led by Charles Dan a Gibson, a preeminent illustrator, the division focused on promoting recru itment, bond drives, home-front service, troop support and camp libraries. Many images advocated for American involvement in the war and others encour aged hatred of the German enemy. In less than two years, the division’s 300 artists produced more than 1,400 designs, including some 700 posters.\n He eding the call from Gibson to "Draw ‘til it hurts," hundreds of leading Ame rican artists created works about the Great War (1914–1918). Although the U nited States participated as a direct combatant in World War I from 1917 to 1918, the riveting posters, cartoons, fine art prints and drawings on disp lay chronicle this massive international conflict from its onset through it s aftermath.\n Among those who heeded the call were James Montgomery Flagg (best known for his portrayal of Uncle Sam), Wladyslaw Benda, George Bellow s, Joseph Pennell and William Allen Rogers. In contrast, such artists as Ma urice Becker, Kerr Eby and Samuel J. Woolf drew on their personal experienc es to depict military scenes on the front lines as well as the traumatic tr eatment of conscientious objectors. Finally, cartoonists offered both scath ing criticism and gentle humor, as shown in Bud Fisher’s comic strip "Mutt and Jeff."\n Photography also provided essential communication during the F irst World War. The selected images detail the service of soldiers, nurses, journalists and factory workers from the home front to the trenches. Ameri can Red Cross photographs by Lewis Hine and others employ artful documentat ion to capture the challenges of recovery and rebuilding in Europe after th e devastation of war.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Wo rld War I: American Artists View the Great War” Exhibition

First in Series of Library Events to Mark World War I Centennial

< p>"World War I: American Artists View the Great War" features fine prints, drawings, cartoons, posters and photographs from the Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division. The works on display reflect the focus of wartime art on patriotic and propaganda messages—by government-supported as well as independent and commercial artists.

Located in the Graphic A rts Galleries on the ground floor of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Buildin g, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C., the exhibition is free and open to the public Mond ay through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is made possible by the Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, and is the first in a ser ies of events the Library is planning in connection with the centennial of the United States’ entry into World War I. An online version of the exhibit ion is available at loc.gov/exhibits/american-artists-view-the-great-war/.

Many of the artists featured in the exhibition worked for th e federal government’s Division of Pictorial Publicity, a unit of the Commi ttee on Public Information. Led by Charles Dana Gibson, a preeminent illust rator, the division focused on promoting recruitment, bond drives, home-fro nt service, troop support and camp libraries. Many images advocated for Ame rican involvement in the war and others encouraged hatred of the German ene my. In less than two years, the division’s 300 artists produced more than 1 ,400 designs, including some 700 posters.
 Heeding the call from Gibso n to "Draw ‘til it hurts," hundreds of leading American artists created wor ks about the Great War (1914–1918). Although the United States participated as a direct combatant in World War I from 1917 to 1918, the riveting poste rs, cartoons, fine art prints and drawings on display chronicle this massiv e international conflict from its onset through its aftermath.
 Among those who heeded the call were James Montgomery Flagg (best known for his p ortrayal of Uncle Sam), Wladyslaw Benda, George Bellows, Joseph Pennell and William Allen Rogers. In contrast, such artists as Maurice Becker, Kerr Eb y and Samuel J. Woolf drew on their personal experiences to depict military scenes on the front lines as well as the traumatic treatment of conscienti ous objectors. Finally, cartoonists offered both scathing criticism and gen tle humor, as shown in Bud Fisher’s comic strip "Mutt and Jeff."
 Phot ography also provided essential communication during the First World War. T he selected images detail the service of soldiers, nurses, journalists and factory workers from the home front to the trenches. American Red Cross pho tographs by Lewis Hine and others employ artful documentation to capture th e challenges of recovery and rebuilding in Europe after the devastation of war.

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