Title: Uncle Sam
Date: 1917
Artist: James Montgomery Flagg
Design Movement: War
James Montgomery Flagg was an American poster designer and artist. This poster here, the Uncle Sam recruitment poster is his most famous and Sam remains an iconic figure in our culture. The poster is inspired by a similar British recruitment poster, and Flagg actually used his own face for Uncle Sam (adding the white hair and goatee). The message is clear and so are the design elements, it is a very well designed poster and an impressive work of art. The figure feels almost 3D with the hand pointing out at the viewer and the bold YOU personalizes the message more than the text could alone. Flagg did other works as well, but non so prominent and witstanding as this one.
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