Original O'er The Ramparts We Watch Army Air Forces Ww2 Poster

Description

JES SCHLAIKJER (1897-1982)
O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCH / UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES. 1944.
24 3/4x19 inches, 63x48 1/4 cm. Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul.
Condition A-: minor creases and abrasions along sharp vertical and horizontal folds, pinholes.
With the kind of realistic detail most often seen in the Homefront scenes by Norman Rockwell, Schlaikjer depicts a young pilot in his leather flying jacket, rising from pastel-hued clouds above a squadron of B-29 Superfortresses, B-17 Flying Fortresses, and B-26 Marauders. More romantic than war-like, he holds a bomb while looking off towards a distant, more promising future. It is patriotic in both its use of a line from the American National Anthem and proud, powerful American imagery.