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Edward Penfield's Doughboys in Action
Setting the active, outlined soldiers against a colorfully streaked sky, Penfield glorifies the bravery and skill of the "doughboys" or infantrymen of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. By August 1918, when this cover design for Collier's magazine appeared, U.S. forces had already helped halt the German advance on Paris and other Allied actions had checked the German offensives by late June. Penfield, here employing his signature style inspired by Japanese prints and French poster design, influenced illustrators of his time and later through his poster and cover art. |