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The AEF Artists
The eight artists selected for the AEF art program were all established illustrators and painters before their military assignment, and had accomplished art careers after the war. They were selected by a committee chaired by Charles Dana Gibson, an illustrator who had gained fame as the creator of the popular "Gibson Girl" idealized image of feminine beauty. Gibson's Pictorial Publicity Committee was under the broader wartime Committee on Public Information, established to coordinate propaganda for the war effort. |