Propagandopolis
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Propaganda, political graphics, cartoons, war art and more. DM submissions. Prints available on the website:
Joined June 2018
Stalin smokes a Hitler pipe while Roosevelt rests his feet on a Tojo rug. Mussolini also appears on the table.
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Pelc left Czechoslovakia in 1938, travelling to the US via Paris. He settled in New York and during the Second World War produced anti-Axis artwork. Another of his:
'Stalingrad' — Czech anti-Nazi print (1943) showing Goebbels delivering a speech with the German war dead lined up behind him. Artist: Antonín Pelc.
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'Victory Club' — Painting by Czechoslovak artist Antonín Pelc (1943) showing Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt relaxing together.
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The painting is one of many - mostly space-themed - miniature 'Palekh' paintings produced by Boris and Karelia Kukuliev in the 1980s. A few others here (the first shows Yuri Gagarin with rocket engineer Sergei Korolev):
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Soviet painting (1980) celebrating the technological accomplishments of the USSR.
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"Friendship Forever", poster celebrating the "Month of German-Soviet Friendship", 1960s.
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Cherepanov was a frequent contributor to Krokodil - another of his here:
Soviet cartoon published during the Falklands War (1982) showing Thatcher's hands placing a helmet labelled 'Colonialism' on the 'Falklands (Malvinas) Islands'.
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Illustration is by Yuri Cherepanov for the cover Krokodil magazine. Text on the map reads 'Vietnam'.
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Soviet illustration (1979) showing a Vietnamese soldier battling the Chinese dragon during the Sino-Vietnamese War.
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Italian poster published by Fiat during the Second World War (1942) celebrating the company's contribution to the war effort.
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'Vodka has brought much misfortune and evil to the family' — Soviet anti-alcohol poster (1977) showing vodka destroying a family. Artist: Josef Fridman.
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The back of the postcard reads 'III Gruppo Squadroni Cavalleria Coloniale' (3rd Group Colonial Cavalry Squadrons) and lists some dates and regions to the left, presumably operations against the Ethiopian resistance following the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (?)
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Fascist Italian postcard (ca. 1939) showing an Eritrean askari cavalryman fighting an Ethiopian warrior.
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The 'Maine' here refers to the USS Maine, a US ship that exploded in Havana Harbour on 15 February 1898, killing 268 sailors. The American press was quick to blame Spain and war was declared two months later.
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The illustration, by Grant Hamilton, was published on the cover of Judge magazine and shows Spain as a murderous beast standing over the bodies of soldiers and sailors 'mutilated by Spain'.
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'The Spanish Brute' — American illustration from the Spanish–American War, July 1898.
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Designed by Viktor Koretsky, one of the best-known artists of the war. Another by Koretsky:
'Soldier, save these children from starvation. Destroy the German bandits!' — Soviet poster from the Second World War (1943) showing a German soldier eating children's bread.
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'Glory to the Soldier-Liberator!' — Soviet poster from the Second World War (1943) showing a soldier and civilian embracing over a defeated German.
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A portrait of Syrian president Hafez al-Assad displayed in Al-Hamidiyah Souq in Damascus, 1995. (Photo by @edkashi)
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