National Defense Poster Competition

Summary information

Date

Wed Jul 16 1941 until Mon Sep 08 1941

Location

MoMA ^{type:exhibition building spaces}
11 West 53rd St. ^{type:thoroughfare names}

Carried out by

The Museum of Modern Art

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Concurrent exhibitions

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May 1941

June 1941

July 1941

August 1941

September 1941

October 1941

November 1941

National Defense Poster Competition

New Acquisitions: A Gift of Paintings from a Trustee

Britain at War

New Acquisitions: European Paintings

Sculpture and Sculptor's Drawings

A History of American Movies

Paul Klee

Abstract Painting; Shapes of Things

Masterpieces of Picasso

New Acquisitions: Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

Preliminary Course of the Bauhaus

Stockholm Builds

Techniques of Painting

American Watercolors; Lettering and Arrangements in Poster Design

Ancestral Sources of Modern Painting

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1941-05	1941-10	New Acquisitions: A Gift of Paintings from a Trustee
2	1941-05	1941-09	Britain at War
3	1941-06	1941-07	New Acquisitions: European Paintings
4	1941-06	1941-07	Sculpture and Sculptor's Drawings
5	1941-06	1941-10	A History of American Movies
6	1941-06	1941-07	Paul Klee
7	1941-07	1941-07	Abstract Painting; Shapes of Things
8	1941-07	1941-09	Masterpieces of Picasso
9	1941-07	1941-09	New Acquisitions: Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
10	1941-07	1941-08	Preliminary Course of the Bauhaus
11	1941-08	1941-09	Stockholm Builds
12	1941-08	1941-10	Techniques of Painting
13	1941-08	1941-08	American Watercolors; Lettering and Arrangements in Poster Design
14	1941-08	1941-09	Ancestral Sources of Modern Painting

Artists

There were 28 persons who influenced this exhibition.

Persons are ordered alphabetically by surname. Select a letter in the concertina to continue. Click on the person's name to view further information.

John Atherton

Biographical statement American, 1900–1952

Born 1900 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1952

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, John Atherton was involved in 10 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 8 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1960s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition
2	1943-02	1943-03	MoMA	Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists
3	1943-11	1944-02	MoMA	Romantic Painting in America
4	1944-05	1944-09	MoMA	Posters
5	1945-06	1946-02	MoMA	The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
6	1948-12	1949-03	MoMA	American Paintings from the Museum Collection
7	1949-03	1949-04	MoMA	The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club
8	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1954-10	1955-02	MoMA	XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1965-12	1966-03	MoMA	Around the Automobile

Joseph Binder John Milne Boothroyd Harold J. Brennan

Joseph Binder

Biographical statement American, 1898–1972

Born 1898 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1972

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Joseph Binder was involved in 5 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 5 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 5 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-04	1940-05	MoMA	PM Competition: The Artist as Reporter
2	1941-06	1941-06	MoMA	A History of the Modern Poster
3	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition
4	1942-11	1943-01	MoMA	National War Poster Competition
5	1949-10	1949-11	MoMA	New Posters from 16 Countries

Harold J. Brennan

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viaf.org

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Harold J. Brennan was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

John Milne Boothroyd

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, John Milne Boothroyd was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Vincent Cavallaro

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Vincent Cavallaro was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Hugh Donnell Jacques Ducas

Hugh Donnell

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Hugh Donnell was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Jacques Ducas

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Jacques Ducas was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Jaro Fabry W.L. Fraser

W.L. Fraser

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, W.L. Fraser was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Jaro Fabry

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Jaro Fabry was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

John A. Gibbs George Giusti

George Giusti

Biographical statement American, born Italy, 1939–1990

Born 1939 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1990

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, George Giusti was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition
2	1949-03	1949-04	MoMA	The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club

John A. Gibbs

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, John A. Gibbs was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition
2	1949-03	1949-04	MoMA	The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club

James F. Hayes

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, James F. Hayes was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Don S. Johnson

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Don S. Johnson was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Daniel Keefe Lester Kohs

Daniel Keefe

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Daniel Keefe was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Lester Kohs

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Lester Kohs was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

George Platt Lynes

Biographical statement American, 1907–1955

Born 1907 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1955

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, George Platt Lynes was involved in 17 exhibitions across 8 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1980s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1932-05	1932-05	MoMA	Murals by American Painters and Photographers
2	1936-12	1937-01	MoMA	Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
3	1937-03	1937-04	MoMA	Photography 1839–1937
4	1938-05	1938-07	MoMA	Three Centuries of American Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition
2	1942-12	1943-01	MoMA	Twentieth Century Portraits
3	1943-11	1943-12	MoMA	Portraits

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1951-05	1951-07	MoMA	Abstraction in Photography

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1973-07	1973-10	MoMA	Photography: Recent Acquisitions
2	1979-12		MoMA	Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1980-10		MoMA	Reinstallation of the Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1992-09	1993-02	MoMA	Selections from the Collection
2	1994-01	1994-04	MoMA	Gesture and Pose: Twentieth-Century Photographs from the Collection
3	1996-02	1996-05	MoMA	Deformations: Apects of the Modern Grotesque

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2002-02	2002-05	MoMA	Life of the City

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2011-02	2013-03	MoMA	Plywood: Material, Process, Form
2	2012-11	2013-07	MoMA	Artist's Choice: Trisha Donnelly

Carl Paulson Alfred S. Piane

Alfred S. Piane

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Alfred S. Piane was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Carl Paulson

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Carl Paulson was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition
2	1949-03	1949-04	MoMA	The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club

Leo Rackow Pat Rooney Arnold Roston

Pat Rooney

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Pat Rooney was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Leo Rackow

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Leo Rackow was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Arnold Roston

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Arnold Roston was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition
2	1949-03	1949-04	MoMA	The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club

Xanti Schawinsky Alex Steinweiss Leo Sternberg

Leo Sternberg

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Leo Sternberg was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Alex Steinweiss

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Born 1917 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2011

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Alex Steinweiss was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition
2	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

Xanti Schawinsky

Biographical statement American, born Switzerland. 1904–1979

Born 1904 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1979

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Xanti Schawinsky was involved in 7 exhibitions across 5 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1950s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s,1980s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition
2	1944-05	1944-09	MoMA	Posters

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1951-05	1951-07	MoMA	Abstraction in Photography
2	1953-06	1953-10	MoMA	Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1966-03	1966-05	MoMA	Greetings!

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1988-06	1988-09	MoMA	The Modern Poster

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2013-10	2014-10	MoMA	Designing Modern Women 1890–1990

Ferdinand Texidor Clara Fargo Thomas

Clara Fargo Thomas

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Clara Fargo Thomas was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Ferdinand Texidor

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Ferdinand Texidor was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Si Vanderlaan

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Si Vanderlaan was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

Hal Zamboni

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Hal Zamboni was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-07	1941-09	MoMA	National Defense Poster Competition

National Defense Poster Competition

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

Artists

A

John Atherton

Exhibitions

1940s (8)

1950s (1)

1960s (1)

B

Joseph Binder

Exhibitions

1940s (5)

Harold J. Brennan

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

John Milne Boothroyd

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

C

Vincent Cavallaro

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

D

Hugh Donnell

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

Jacques Ducas

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

F

W.L. Fraser

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

Jaro Fabry

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

G

George Giusti

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

John A. Gibbs

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

H

James F. Hayes

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

J

Don S. Johnson

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

K

Daniel Keefe

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

Lester Kohs

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

L

George Platt Lynes

Exhibitions

1930s (4)

1940s (3)

1950s (1)

1970s (2)

1980s (1)

1990s (3)

2000s (1)

2010s (2)

P

Alfred S. Piane

Exhibitions

1940s (1)