Gil Spear

YMCA Workers Lend Your Strength original World War 1 vintage poster

1918

Original poster: FIESTAS DE PRIMAVERA MURCIA. Ani 1953. Linen-backed, very good condition. Lithograph. The Spring Festivals are celebrated in Murcia the week after Easter. Thes...

Original vintage poster: (CARIBBEAN JET) BOAC travel poster by the artist Hayes. Dressed in a beautiful dress this Caribbean beauty is dancing an...

Le Levrier original French antique poster. Creme pour chaussures. Artist may be: E. Ambelin Printer: Baudry. Original French antique small format adve...

Original WW1 poster: "Your Country Needs You! Join the Navy Now!" Original poster printed by the U.S. Food Administration during World War One. Archi...

Original WW1 vintage poster: Victory Liberty Loan To the folks back home - We are finishing our job. Are you finishing yours? Original; linen backed. To...

Original Ford of Germany, The All New Taunus 12M Super vintage German antique poster. Archivally linen-backed om excellent condition and ready to frame. We have not be able to locate any other document copy of this poster. The Taunus 12M, presented in 1952, was the first new German Ford...

This artwork titled "Liberated Village" c. 1940, is an original lithograph on paper by noted American artist William Gropper, 1897-1977. It is hans signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The artwork (image) size is 12 x 16.5 inches, framed size is 20.25 x 24.25 inches. Custom framed in a black metal frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition. An example of this particular artwork is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. About the artist: William Gropper was born in New York City's Lower East Side in 1897. He was the first of six children to parents who earned small wages working in sweatshops. At the age of fourteen, Gropper left school to help support his family. While carrying bolts of cloth for his deliveries, Gropper began to draw on scraps of paper, sidewalks, and walls. A passerby saw some of these drawings and invited Gropper to attend a life-drawing class at the Ferrer School. He studied there for three years from 1912 to 1915, attending classes taught by Robert Henri and George Bellows. From 1915 to 1918 Gropper attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Art part-time on scholarship. Gropper also won a scholarship to the National Academy of Design, but remained as a student for only a short time; the rigid and systematic institution conflicted with Gropper's belief in the personal nature of art. At the New York School of Fine and Applied Art, Gropper earned several prizes. One of these prizes was for his cartoons, which led him to be hired by the New York Tribune in 1917 to sketch for their features. A few years later through freelance work, his cartoons and drawings appeared in other newspapers and magazines, such as The Liberator, The New Masses...

This is a vintage 1946 public service announcement poster The artwork is bold, clear and direct. "it will look even bigger… after the war!" Girl looks on longingly at 10 dollar bill....

Chasseurs D’Afrique shows two bearded French soldiers from the Armee De Ligne or the Line Army series. There is an officer in the foreground with his arms across his chest and a...

Louis Lozowick created the lithograph entitled Traffic in 1930. This stunning impression is signed and dated in pencil in the lower right just under the image and inscribed "2/20" i...

Nelson Mandela, Hand of Africa, Signed Limited Edition Lithograph Many people are unaware that Nelson Mandela turned his hand to art in his 80's as a way of leaving a legacy for his ...

Nelson Mandela, Impressions of Africa (black and white), Signed Limited Edition Lithograph Many people are unaware that Nelson Mandela turned his hand to art in his 80's as a way of ...