Audio: The Art of War: American War Posters from the Norton Simon Museum

Audio: The Art of War: American War Posters from the Norton Simon Museum

This episode looks at how U.S. government-sponsored posters got the American public to support both world wars. Leah Lehmbeck, Assistant Curator at the Norton Simon Museum, Allan M. Winkler, Professor at the Miami University, Ohio, and Robert Smullyan Sloan, one of the last living artists who created war-time posters, are featured. Created in conjunction with the exhibition The Art of War: American Posters from World War I and World War II, on view at the Norton Simon Museum from September 5, 2008 through January 26, 2009.