. International studio. , war, heroism, abnegation—all thevirtues of the French race in peril, who defendsherself by every means in her possession—by thearms of her sons, by the savings of the old people,and the courage of all—are here depicted. Theophile Steinlen, a Swiss called the Milletof the Streets, stands first among these foreignartists in his portrayal of the suffering brought onby war. His posters are the most dramatic,and at the same time the most touching. He saw for himself the retreat by way ofSwitzerland. When Germany became tired ofseeing her victims dying, she sent them
. International studio. , war, heroism, abnegation—all thevirtues of the French race in peril, who defendsherself by every means in her possession—by thearms of her sons, by the savings of the old people,and the courage of all—are here depicted. Theophile Steinlen, a Swiss called the Milletof the Streets, stands first among these foreignartists in his portrayal of the suffering brought onby war. His posters are the most dramatic,and at the same time the most touching. He saw for himself the retreat by way ofSwitzerland. When Germany became tired ofseeing her victims dying, she sent them , in his picture The Return from the women and chfldren who had beendriven with blows of the rifle, returned pale andemaciated, having tasted of every suffering. He is always on the side of justice, and HaldaneMacFall speaks of Steinlen as being the voiceof Paris, the poet of the people, a man whoseachievement is the greatest in all France; a manwho has bettered the world, lifted his generation. [HP. PARIS LaGi i b .? i ? orHuco Posters and War Work: Library of Congress JOURNEEDE PARIS r DES :S DE GUERRE6TEL OE VILLE
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