Louis Fancher
Louis D. Fancher | |
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 Propaganda poster for U.S. Committee on Public Information, 1917, by Louis D. Fancher. | |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Illustrator, Painter |
Louis D. Fancher, (December 25, 1884 — March 2, 1944), was an American artist and illustrator, notable for his drawings that appeared in books, in magazines, and on propaganda posters during World War I.[1][2][3]
Life
Fancher was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1884 and was a student of Henry Siddons Mowbray, Robert Henri, and Kenyon Cox. He was active in San Francisco as well as in New York, where he lived most of his life.[1]
Notable works
Fancher illustrated two of Gelett Burgess' books of maxims, including The Maxims of Methuselah: Being the Advice Given by The Patriarch in His Nine Hundred Sixty and Ninth Year to His Great Grandson at Shem's Coming of Age in Regard to Women and The Maxims of Noah. He also created a well-known propaganda and recruitment posters for the aviation section of the United States Army Signal Corps and the Committee on Public Information. Two of his oil paintings were "Price 10 Cents," which had a winter sleigh theme, and "Moving Lumber," which followed an exotic theme with an elephant carrying a tree trunk through a jungle.
Photo gallery
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Price 10 Cents (oil painting). -
Illustration for The Maxims of Methuselah, 1907. -
"Over There!", a recruitment poster for the U.S. Army, 1918.
References
- ^ a b Hughes, Edan Milton. Artists in California, 1786-1940 (Hughes Pub Co; 2nd edition, June 1989) ISBN 978-0961611217
- ^ Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor). Who Was Who in American Art: 1564-1975 (Sound View Press, June 1985) ISBN 978-0932087003
- ^ Davenport, Ray. Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition (LTB Gordonsart Inc., October 2005) ISBN 978-1933295077