french-posters

Not much is known about Henri Dangon except that he was an artist who was
mobilized as part of the French army during World War I. In 1916, the Ministry
of Beaux-Arts and the Ministry of War promised artists serving in the war that
their work would be shown in official war exhibitions on the homefront. The
government sponsored the Salon des Armées to show the work of the mobilized
artists. The exhibition was very popular and realized 60,000 francs in proceeds,
which supported not only needy artists at home but also the disabled. This poster
by Dangon won first prize. A soldier holding a small wooden statue of winged
victory that he has been carving.