Born in Pelham Manor, New York, James Montgomery Flagg attended several art schools, including four years spent at the Art Students League in New York City. He worked prolifically in a number of media but is best remembered for his poster designs.
By the turn of the century, Flagg had created a reputation as a graphic designer and illustrator. When the United States entered World War I, he produced his I Want You for U.S. Army poster, which quickly became a household icon and one of the most enduring images of the twentieth century. Although Flagg took the design from an earlier British work, he adapted it in a manner that immediately captured the American imagination.
Flagg is also well known for his many pen-and-ink drawings. Fascinated by the vivacity of the 1920s, he sought to capture the spirit of a prosperous nation in a number of intelligent and witty works from that period. During his career, Flagg also executed numerous portraits in oil, ranging from sensitive likenesses of family members to grand renderings of statesmen and celebrities such as Theodore Roosevelt. Smithsonian American Art Museum
For more information on Flagg see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 4 also.
This is part 5 of a 5-part series on the works of James Montgomery Flagg. Dates were not found for the remainder of these images:
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| Seated Man pencil on paper 31.4 x 23.8 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA |
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| Dinner sketch graphite on paper 18 x 23 cm |
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| "What can a man do to a piano! Why didn't you tell me he was the original jazz king?" |
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| "I do fearfully put it in a shallow water" ink on board 33 x 42.5 cm |
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| "As easy as kiss me hand" watercolour on paper 71.1 x 53.3 cm |
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| Couple pleading with a man pencil & charcoal on board 53.3 x 43.1 cm |
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| Bettina Hall charcoal on paper 55.8 x 45.7 cm |
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| A Struggle graphite & watercolour on board 48.3 x 58.4 cm |
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| Dancing Cheek to Cheek watercolour on illustration board 68.5 x 49.9 cm |
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| Greta Olesen charcoal & crayon |
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| Gentleman in Partial Evening Dress ink & whiting on illustration board 53.3 x 33 cm |
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| Young couple seated pencil & charcoal on board 45.8 x 36.8 cm |
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| Young couple pleading with older man pencil & charcoal on board 48.2 x 36.8 cm |
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| Man with cane and top hat pencil & charcoal on board 55.7 x 31.8 cm |
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| I like it this way oil on canvas 122 x 71 cm |
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| n.d. Horse Races pen & ink wash on paper laid on board 49.3 x 63.5 cm |
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| Hedy Lamarr (medium not given) |
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| Man with posse watercolour & gouache on board 48.2 x 73 cm |
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| Man showing a young boy a toy boat pen & ink on paper 56.5 x 73.6 cm |
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| Phyllis Reeves O'Connor charcoal on board 34.9 x 26.7 cm |
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| Mistah Bones by J.M.F. watercolour & gouache on paper 27.9 x 21.6 cm |
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| She Believed the Ladies' Home Journal ink & wash on paper 35.6 x 27.9 cm |
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| Setting Off ink on paperboard 62.2 x 53.3 cm |
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| Portrait of Katherine Pendleton Arrington pencil on paper 27.9 x 32.4 cm North Carolina Museum of Art |
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| Portrait of Ethel Barrymore (details not given) |
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| Study of a woman watercolour on illustration board 50.8 x 37.5 cm |
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| Street Corner pen & ink 55.8 x 78.7 cm |
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| Slumming among the Four Hundred pencil, ink & wash on paper 55.8 x 38.1 cm |
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| The Spirit of America oil on canvas 83.8 x 63.5 cm |
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| The Discussion ink on board 57.1 x 68.5 cm |
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| The Big Accusation pen & ink on paper 52.7 x 68.5 cm |
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| Yours In Trust, We must protect it from fire colour lithograph poster |
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| Title not found ink on board 57.1 x 68.5 cm |
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| Three Women pen & ink on paper 55.9 x 78.7 cm |
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| Two women talking details not found |
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| A man and a woman details not found ink drawing |
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| A Woman details not found |
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| Wallace Morgan graphite on paper 23 x 17.5 cm |
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| Julian Street graphite on paper 23 x 17.5 cm |
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| John Wolcott Adams graphite on paper 23 x 17.5 cm |
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| Crowny? graphite on paper 23 x 17.5 cm |
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| Charles Dana Gibson graphite on paper 23 x 17.5 cm |
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| Bill Irwin graphite on paper 23 x 17.5 cm |
