James Montgomery Flagg
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James Montgomery Flagg was an American artist, comics artist, and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his political posters, partic
Flagg in 1915, photographed by Arnold Genthe
Flagg as Captain Kidd at the Illustrators' Ball, a masquerade ball in New York in 1917.
The grave of James Montgomery Flagg in Woodlawn Cemetery
Illustration in St. Nicholas Illustrated magazine, January 1898.
Society of Illustrators
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The Society of Illustrators is a professional society based in New York City. It was founded in 1901 to promote the art of illustration and, since 1959, has held an annual exhibition.
The society's headquarters in New York City since 1939
Society of Illustrators members at the Berkeley Theater in Manhattan in 1914
J. M. Flagg's 1917 poster used to recruit soldiers for both World War I and World War II; Flagg used a modified version of his own face for Uncle Sam, and war veteran Walter Botts provided the pose.
A 1945 poster illustration by society member Harry Morse for the Office of War Information