Wir Wollen Leben [We Want to Live]

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Description

Object description

whole: the image occupies the upper half, with the title below in brown. Further text across the bottom in black. image: the head and shoulders of a bearded man with a clenched fist, depicted in the style of a woodcut. Stuttgart forms the background, including city buildings, a mother and child, and a young child playing. text: K Sigrist Wir wollen leben Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe Propaganda Stuttgart [We Want to Live. Subscribe to the War Loan.]

Label

The stereotypical image of German national identity was that of the craft and trades guildsman celebrated in Richard Wagner's opera, The Mastersingers of Nuremburg. This 16th century German burgher is depicted in a graphic style that mimics the print medium of woodcut. Woodcut is still used by contemporary German artists such as Anselm Kiefer as an ironic reference to their traditional artistic heritage.

Inscription

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Inscription

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Object Details

Category

Posters

Related period

First World War (content)

Creator

Sigrist, Karl (Undefined)
Propaganda Stuttgart, Stuttgart (printer)

Place made

Germany

Materials

Support: paper

medium: lithograph

Dimensions

Support: Height 938 mm, Width 583 mm

Catalogue number

Art.IWM PST 6118

Object associations

Associated events

WW1 German Home Front
Home Front, Germany, First World War
Associated places

Germany (pre 1945 and post 1990) DE
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Associated keywords

cityscape
civilian effort
Family
Children
war loans / savings
portrait / personification
Associated themes

German Home Front 1914-1918

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