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Ernest Fuhr

Ernest Fuhr (1874 - 1933) was active/lived in New York, Connecticut.  Ernest Fuhr is known for Illustrator-war posters, magazines.

Ernest Fuhr, a magazine illustrator and creator of World War I posters, was born in 1874. He was illustrator for the "New York Herald" and the "New York World" newspapers as well as for magazines. He was also founder of the Westport Art School in 1933 in Westport, Connecticut.

Fuhr studied at the National Academy of Design in New York and in Paris at the Academie Colarossi, and William Merritt Chase and Thomas Eakins were among his teachers.

As a World War I poster artist, he did many propanda works. One of them, from 1917, has the extended title (as the words appear on the poster) "Sugar means ships--The consumption of sugar sweetened drinks must be reduced For your beverages 400 million lbs. of sugar were imported in ships last year--Every ship is needed to carry soldiers and supplies now". A fashionable female figure, drawn in the standard illustrational style of the day, sips her sweet drink through a straw, while war clouds hang over Europe, and ships are diverted fr   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2301 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Ernest Fuhr

   Ernest Fuhr  Born:  1874 - New York, New York
Died:   1933 - Westport, Connecticut
Known for:  Illustrator-war posters, magazines

Ernest Fuhr, a magazine illustrator and creator of World War I posters, was born in 1874. He was illustrator for the "New York Herald" and the "New York World" newspapers as well as for magazines. He was also founder of the Westport Art School in 1933 in Westport, Connecticut.

Fuhr studied at the National Academy of Design in New York and in Paris at the Academie Colarossi, and William Merritt Chase and Thomas Eakins were among his teachers.

As a World War I poster artist, he did many propanda works. One of them, from 1917, has the extended title (as the words appear on the poster) "Sugar means ships--The consumption of sugar sweetened drinks must be reduced For your beverages 400 million lbs. of sugar were imported in ships l  ...  Displaying 750 of 2301 characters.

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