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    Artist

  • Hönich, Heinrich, 1873-1957

    • Title

  • Bauern, tut eure Pflicht! Die Städte hungern

  • Physical Description

    1 poster : color, facsimile ; 80 x 111 cm

  • Date

    1919

  • Place of Publication

    München

  • Notes

    Poster is a reproduction from the book "Anschläge : deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit, 1900-1960 ; 122 Blatt in den Druck- und Papierfarben der Originale," cataloged in the LBI Library under call number r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963.

  • Summary

    Poster shows a family gathered near a baby cradle. The mother wipes her eye, the father covers his face with his hand, the children look at their parents or at the empty pots and pans. The scene is rendered in tones of brown and grey, with red colors in the eldest daughter's red dress and in the red checkered tabled cloth. The title of the poster is in fraktur at the bottom.

  • Subject

    Starvation; World War, 1914-1918>, Aftermath, Germany; Posters, Facsimiles

  • Genre

    Posters; Political posters

  • Medium

    Posters, German, 1910-1920

  • Part Of

    Anschläge: Deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit 1900-1960, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963

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Biographical/Historical Information

Poster is meant to send a message about the lack of access to food imports in Germany. The allied blockade during World War I led to hunger in the cities and increased death from starvation. The armistice of 1918 eased the blockade for food and American aid shipments, but the starvation among the population continued for well into 1919.

Heinrich Hönich (1873-1957) was a German and Czech artist, commerical designer, and book illustrator who worked in Dresden, Munich, and Prague. He was known for his realistic style of art. During World War I, Hönich was a war painter on behalf of the war press headquarters. He taught at the Prague Kunstakademie from 1928-1945, and then was driven into exile back to Germany, settling in Gstadt am Chiemsee for the rest of his life.

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Citation

Hönich, Heinrich: Bauern, tut eure Pflicht! Die Städte hungern, Leo Baeck Institute, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963 [II.3].