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Poster - Belgium Fights On

Belgium Fights On

  • Object:

    Poster

  • Place of origin:

    USA, USA (made)

  • Date:

    1940-1944 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Sturbelle, R. (artist)
    Belgian Information Center, New York (publishers)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Colour lithograph

  • Credit Line:

    Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko

  • Museum number:

    E.276-2004

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 3G, shelf DR7

  • Image in copyright

After the German occupation of Belgium in May 1940, a Belgian Government in Exile was set up in London, while in 1942 the Belgian League was established to organise resistance to the Germans. The purpose of this poster was presumably to encourage support within America for the Belgian resistance cause. In the diagonal sweep of the composition, the image of the bound prisoners facing the German firing squad is counteracted by the avenging Belgian soldier and the thrust of the fighter aircraft. The name of the artist, R. Sturbelle, suggests he was himself Belgian.

Physical description

The composition comprises a cluster of four bound prisoners in the upper left corner before a firing squad of helmeted soldiers who stand on the diagonal at the right. The central image shows three war planes flying in formation. In the lower centre, printed in full colour, is a charging soldier thrusting his bayonet, seen from above. Large red type printed across three lines: "Belgium Fights On".

Place of Origin

USA, USA (made)

Date

1940-1944 (made)

Artist/maker

Sturbelle, R. (artist)
Belgian Information Center, New York (publishers)

Materials and Techniques

Colour lithograph

Marks and inscriptions

BELGIUM/ FIGHTS/ ON
R. Sturbelle
Published by the Belgian Information Center

Dimensions

Height: 62.7 cm, Width: 47.4 cm

Descriptive line

Second World War poster issued by the Belgian Information Center, NY (USA) ca. 1940-44

Exhibition History

Propaganda Posters from the Schreyer Collection (Henry Cole Wing, Level 3 05/12/2002-23/03/2003)

Materials

Paper; Ink

Techniques

Colour lithography

Subjects depicted

War; Propaganda; Soldiers; United States; Helmets; Belgium; New York; Guns; Prisoners; Bayonets; Planes; Firing squad

Categories

Prints; Propaganda; Posters

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O100981
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