Archive for the 'posters' Category
Italian Ethiopia at The Wolfsonian Library
• August 6, 2019 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, acquisitions, colonial propaganda, colonialism, donations, Ethiopia, Fascism, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gender, gifts, Great Britain, Italy, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., ocean liners, passenger ships, Photograph albums, political art, portfolios, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian Library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian fellows, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: Abissinia, Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), Akbaba (magazine), anthropology, anti-imperialism, Antonio Arias Bernal (1914-1960), Ascari troops, atrocities, Aurelio Bertiglia, Autarky, Battle of Adwa, Benito Mussolini, Black Venus, British Somaliland, calendars, caricatures, collecting cards, Compagnia Italiana Liebig (Milano), Daniel Morris, East Africa, Enrico Cerulli, Eritrea, fans, fasces, gallows, General Baratieri, Haile Selassie, Harry Gannes, Historical Design, History Revealed, Il Travaso delle Idee, Italo-Ethiopian War (1895-1896), Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936), James De Lorenzi, James W. Ford, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, League of Nations, Maps, March on Rome (1922), Marshal Graziani, Menelik II, military conquest, Ministero Africa Italiana, National Fascist Party (PNF), Nero, North African migrants, Orientalism, Orientalists, poison gas, postcards, Red Cross, road-building, school notebooks, sexual conquest, Sheet music covers, slavery, Tanks, Vulcania (steamship)
A Flurry of Wolfsonian Library Installations and Displays
• May 2, 2019 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, archives, Art Deco, Artists, Bernarr Macfadden, book art, collectors, displays, donations, erotic art, exhibit cases, Fascism, Federal One, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, Green Library, History Department, hotels, Italian design, Italy, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal era, persuasive arts, Philippines, photography, Physical culture, Physical Culture movement, pochoirs, political art, portfolios, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, student curators, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, War Photography, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: Adolf Hitler caricatures, aids, AIGA Miami, Alert (magazine), Althea (Vicki) Silvera, Aristotle [Chakiris] Ares USS Yorktown Collection, Art Deco hotels, Art Deco motifs, Arthur Zaidenberg, barracks, Battle of Midway, Benito Mussolini caricatures, Bologna (Italy), butterflies, Chief librarian, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, condoms, correspondence, deviant sexual behavior, Dick Lesseraux, digital collections curator, Dolores S. Lesseraux, Dolores Trenner, Erin Heffron, erotica, Federal Arts Project, Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County, Fortunato Depero, Francis Xavier Luca, Gender roles, gonorrhea, Green Library, Historical Design, hiv, HIV/Aids awareness posters, Homosexuality, humor, Insects, installations, Japanese destroyers, Judith Berson-Levinson, lesbianism, madonna, Manila (Philippines), Mel Victor WWII Pacific Theater Collection, menus, Miami (Florida), Miami Air Depot, Miami Beach (Florida), Naval battles, Pacific Theater, Pamphlets, Physical Culture (magazine), pochoirs, portfolio plates, postcards, Posterfest, Posterfest: Design for Good 2019, proofs, prostitution, public health, pulp paperbacks, rationing, Rosie the Riveter, Sand in their Boots archive, Seguy, sex, sex advice, sexual behavior, syphilis, Terrence G. Peterson, Tojo caricatures, U.S. Army Air Forces, Uncle Sam, Uniforms, USS Lexington (aircraft carrier), USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier), venereal disease, Victory, Victory Gold Levi Collection, warships, Women war workers, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Yucef Merhi
Winter Visits and Gift Acknowledgements
• January 29, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, acquisitions, African American History, American war propaganda, Art Basel, Art Deco, Artists, book art, cataloging, collectors, Cuba, dance, displays, donations, El Lissitzky, exhibitions, fashion for women, First World War (1914-1918), FIU, FIU community, Florida International University, Florida International University students, France, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, fur, gifts, graphic designers, History Department, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Latin American and Caribbean Center, library donors, Lissitzky, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, persuasive arts, photography, pochoirs, political art, portfolios, postcards, posters, preservation, prohibition, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, school visits to The Wolfsonian, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, veterans, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: "Mr. Babalú", 1920s, African American performers, Alain Locke, Alexander Archipenko, American Seduction, Art Deco design, Art Deco Weekend (2019), Barron Collier, bowling, Brooklyn Museum, Charles Gilpin, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, cocktail shakers, cocktail stirrers, Conrado Walter Massaguer, Cuba, dance in art, Daniel Morris, devils, dry laws, Eduardo García Benito, fashion, fur, fur garments, Harlem Renaissance, Historical Design, Into the Stacks, Jazz, Jean S. Sharf, Josephine Baker, Leonard Finger, Lisa Green, Louis Miano, Miami Dade public schools, Miguelito Valdés, Modern art, MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), Nathaniel Sandler, National Endowment for the Humanities Dialogue on the Experience of War, New Negro, Paris (France), Paul Colins, Paul Poiret, Paul Robeson, pillowcases, pochoir prints, Preservation boxes, Prohibition (1919-1933), Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure--American Seduction (Wolfsonian exhibition), race, recruiting posters, Satan, shotglasses, stencilwork, The Emperor Jones, Tropicana (Nightclub), U.S.-Cuba tourism, veterans, Vicki Gold Levi, vintage postcards, War and Healing program, Wit as Weapon: Satire and the Great War (Wolfsonian library installation), Zines
War and Remembrance
• October 30, 2018 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1920s, 1930s, American war propaganda, Austria, displays, donations, First World War (1914-1918), FIU, FIU community, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, Great Britain, Great Depression, Harald Engman, Italy, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazism, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, War Photography, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian Education Department, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: A. G. Santagata, Anzac Memorial, Art Deco, bas relief, Bonus Expeditionary Force, C. R. W. Nevinson, Combat Hippies, Dialogues on the Experience of War, Egeo Venturi, FIU, Florida State University Institute for World War II and the Human Experience, George Grosz (1893-1959), Irving Marantz, Jean Carlu, Jessica L. Adler, Kathe Ko, Kathe Kollwitz, La Dette (the debt), lobbying, Miami Vet Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), murals, NAH, National Endowment for the Humanities, Otto Beyer, Paintings, Periodicals, portfolios, PTSD, recruiting posters, sculpture, Shell-shock, Soldiers, trenches, veterans, Vorticism, war, War and Healing, war artists, War memorials, war monuments, War photography, Wit as Weapon: Satire and the Great War (Wolfsonian library installation), World War I, Zoe Welch
Graphic Art Selling Revolution, Jewelry, and War
• June 27, 2018 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Art Deco, bindings, collectors, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, Earthquakes, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, Futurism, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Japan, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, posters, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Russia, Russo-Japanese War, Soviet propaganda, Soviet Union, Steve Heller, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: accordian-style bindings, Alphabet art, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Art Basel (Miami 2018), Art Deco, branding, Charlotte Camille, chromolithographs, Constructing Revolution (Wolfsonian exhibition), Constructivism, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, Eric Silverman, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), font, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), Friedrich Nietzsche, Geishas, Georges Lemmen (1865-1957), graphic art, Great Japan Earthquake of 1923, Greeting cards, H5 Group, Henry C. Van de Velde (1863-1957), Herbert Bayer (1900-1985), Home front, Italian Futurism, Italian futurists, Japanese art, jewelry, Kurt Hans Volk (1883-1962), Kyowa Kirin, Ladislav Sutnar (1897-1976), logos, Ludovic Houplain, Maxime Vandenabeele, Patriotism, pins, pochoir, propaganda fans, Rad Sutnar, Raoul Cenisi (1912-1991), Red and Black: Revolution in Soviet Propaganda Graphics (Wolfsonian Library installation), Richline Group, Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Second World War, Steve Heller, Svetlana Silverman, Tamao Watanabe, Tullio Crali (1910-2000), typography, Victory Gold Levi Collection
Honoring Women and Heckling Hitler
• March 27, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1940s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American left artists, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Artists, children's books, Children's propaganda books, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, curator, Disney, displays, donations, Fascism, fashion for women, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, History Department, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Italy, Japan, Japanese Empire, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazi propaganda, Nazism, Pacific campaign (WWII), Pamela K. Harer, persuasive arts, Philippines, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, Second World War (1939-1945), Spanish Civil War, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: Alexander Z. Kruse, archives, Aristotle Ares, Army Air Forces (U.S.), Aryans, Axis, B-26, boot straps, Broadsides, calendars, Charles L. McCartney Jr., Crypt Cracking, Dolores Trenner, Donna Victor, Envelopes, Espanolaphone, First aid, FIU Professor Terrance G. Peterson, Home front, Hotzi Notzi, Into the Stacks, jeeps, Jeffrey G. Fischer, joeys, Judith Berson-Levinson Collection, Kaiser Wilhelm II, kangaroos, Keep 'em Flying (magazine), Maps, March, Martijn F. Lecoultre, matchcovers, Max Halverson (1924-2006), Mel Victor WWII Pacific Theater Collection, Michael Smith, Nathaniel Sandler, Nurses, Pamela K. Harer, Pamphlets, pincushions, postcards, Republic of Salo, rolling pins, Roney Plaza Hotel (Miami Beach), Rosie the Riveter, Sand in their Boots (event), schoolgirls, sewing needles, Sheet music covers, Shoshana Resnikoff, skirts, Spanish Civl War (1936-1939), Thomas Barrett Archive, U.S. navy, Uniforms, USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier), Victory Gold Levi Collection, WAACS, WACS, wigs, Wolfsonian public programs, women in the Armed Services, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Women's History Month
Meet the Fokkers: KLM Founded This Day in History
• October 6, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, airplanes, colonial tourism, curators, exhibit cases, exhibitions, Far East, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, posters, rare books and special collections library, Silvia Barisione, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: aeronautics, air shows, Albert Plesman, aviation, Aviators, Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Eerste Luchtverkeer Tentoonstelling Amsterdam (ELTA), FIrst Aviation Exhibition Amsterdam (1919), Fokker aircraft, international travel, Jakarta, Java, Jerry Shaw, KLM, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Mastschappij (KLM), posters, Queen Wilhelmina, Royal Dutch Air Lines, Silvia Barisione, The Netherlands
