Edward Penfield - The doughboys make good

Caption label from exhibit "World War I ...": Edward Penfield's Doughboys in Action. Setting the active, outlined soldiers against a colorfully streaked sky, Penfield glorifies the bravery and skill of the "doughboys" or infantrymen of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. By August 1918, when this cover design for Collier's magazine appeared, U.S. forces had already helped halt the German advance on Paris and other Allied actions had checked the German offensives by late June. Penfield, here employing his signature style inspired by Japanese prints and French poster design, influenced illustrators of his time and later through his poster and cover art.

(DLC/PP-1933:0034).
Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Published as cover of: Collier's magazine, Aug. 10, 1918.
Exhibited: "World War I : American Artists View the Great War" in the Graphic Arts Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May - November 2016.