Auslandspropaganda der Franzosen am Rhein
1923
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1923
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Auslandspropaganda der Franzosen am Rhein is a 1923 by Karl Arnold, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows four black-and-white scenes of a woman in a uniform handing out things to kids. In the top left, she gives candy. Next to it, a man with a camera watches. The bottom left shows her holding a stick, and the bottom right has her giving plants to the children. The woman’s uniform and hat look like a guard’s, but she’s helping kids instead of scolding them. The artist drew the scenes in a simple, sketchy style. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shading with lines.
A sequence of four pen-and-ink drawings depicts a French officer interacting with children along the Rhine: he pays them to buy flowers, directs a photographer, watches them return, and finally poses for a photograph that is rendered in ink wash. Published in the satirical magazine Simplicissimus in 1923 under the title “Auslandspropaganda der Franzosen am Rhein,” the cartoon critiques French occupation propaganda during the Weimar Republic. The individual captions read “Kauft mir mal Blumen,” “Hier ausstellen,” “Obacht, sie kommen,” and “Unsere Aufnahme zeigt die Beliebtheit der…
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These drawings from the 1920s–30s capture everyday scenes with sharp humor and a dash of social edge.
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