Adrien Barrère
French, 1877-1931
Remember the Crimes of the Germans! Gerbeviller 1914
INV-3103
Adrien Barrère
French, 1877-19311917
Remember the Crimes of the Germans! Gerbeviller 1914
Adrien Barrère French, 1877-1931 →posterprint
Date
1917
Medium
Color lithograph on cream wove paper
Dimensions
79.4 × 59.9 cm (31 5/16 × 23 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Walter S. Brewster
This image of stereotypical German servicemen served as the illustrative top part of a poster for an exhibition of assorted documents, photographs, posters, paintings, and drawings dealing with the subject of German war crimes. The exhibition was held in Paris at Galerie Georges Petit, October 1–30, 1917, and was organized by, and held as a benefit for, the league Souvenez-Vous!. Gerbeviller, in the Lorraine region of France, suffered great devastation at the hands of Bavarian troops in August 1914. Postcard of the war in Lorraine, 1914, showing Gerbeviller bombarded by the Germans.