Aderente, Vincent
Vincent Aderente (February 20, 1880 - June 13, 1941) was an Italian American artist and muralist. Born in Naples, Italy, Aderente arrived in the United States at the age of six with his parents. Aderente studied art in Paris and New York, including at the Art Students' League, the Metropolitan Museum of Art School, and the National Academy of Design. He also worked as an assistant to Edwin H. Blashfield, the 'dean of American muralists', and while working with Blashfield, Aderente helped his teacher on murals in the old Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Aderente also created murals for the Detroit Public Library, the Denver Mint, the U.S. Post Office in Flushing, Queens, the Queens County Courthouse, and Kings County Hospital, among other locations. Aderente also composed World War I-era propaganda, including the celebrated 'Columbia Calls' U.S. Army recruiting poster. Aderente lived in Queens for twenty-seven years and died in Bayside.
Columbia calling - defend the United States.
Columbia Calls. Enlist Now for U.S. Army.
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This is the 1916 Frances Adams Halsted and Vincent Aderente U.S. Army recruiting broadside - an iconic World War I-era American propaganda image. The broadside features personified Columbia holding an American flag and an unsheathed sword standing atop the Earth, calling on Americans to enlist. 'Columbia Calls,' a poem by Halsted, occupies the lower right. According to the War Department, 'Columbia Calls' was one of the most successful World War I-era recruiting posters. (more details)