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Neumont, Maurice (sold)


Maurice Neumont (September 22, 1868 - February 10, 1930) was a French painter, illustrator, and lithographer. Born in Paris, Neumont attended the École des beaux-arts de Paris and became a member of the Society of painter-lithographers in 1903. Neumont was a celebrated propagandist during World War I, making numerous French propaganda posters during the war, for which he was awarded the French Légion d'honneur. His most famous poster featured a French soldier and the phrase On ne passe pas! ('They Shall Not Pass')
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Everyone's favorite WWI cephalopod map monster, the Prussian Octopus!

La Guerre est l'industrie Nationale de la Prusse. [War is the Prussian National Industry.]

1917 (undated)
23.75 x 31.75 in (60.32 x 80.64 cm)
LaGuerre-neumont-1917

sold

Item Details
  • Digital Map Information
  • Suitable for large format printing
  • File Size: 39.45 MB
  • File Type: ZIP / TIFF
  • ICC color profile embedded
  • Delivered instantly via download link
This is a 1917 Maurice Neumont World War I propaganda map of Europe incorporating everyone's favorite cephalopod map monster, the Prussian Octopus, to highlight two centuries of Prussian aggression across Central and Western Europe. The map depicts the region from northeastern Spain to Russia and from England and the North Sea to the Mediterranean Sea and Asia Minor. It is overprinted with pictorial imagery including the Prussian octopus grasping all of Europe in int clutches and a Prussian soldier. (more details)
Everyone's favorite WWI cephalopod map monster, the Prussian Octopus!

La Guerre est l'industrie Nationale de la Prusse. [War is the Prussian National Industry.]

1917 (dated)
23.75 x 31.75 in (60.32 x 80.64 cm)
LaGuerre-neumont-1917-2

sold

Item Details
  • Digital Map Information
  • Suitable for large format printing
  • File Size: 49.33 MB
  • File Type: ZIP / TIFF
  • ICC color profile embedded
  • Delivered instantly via download link
This is a 1917 Maurice Neumont World War I propaganda map of Europe incorporating everyone's favorite cephalopod map monster, the Prussian Octopus, to highlight two centuries of Prussian aggression across Central and Western Europe. It is overprinted with pictorial imagery including the Prussian octopus grasping all of Europe in its clutches and a Prussian soldier. (more details)

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