Friday, June 6, 2014

Constantin Alajálov: A.D. 1940

The January 1941 issue of Fortune found Europe thrown into the cataclysmic upheaval of war. Russian-born illustrator Constantin Alajálov provided four allegorical illustrations for the article "A.D. 1940" in the January 1941 issue of Fortune. The subject is America's newfound perceptions of three European nations--Russia, France, Great Britain--and of America herself. The illustrations were probably created about a year before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Ballet Russe

France

Great Britain

U.S.A.

France
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Great Britain


U.S.A.


Note:  After this, you may want to sample the the more humorous side of artwork by Constantin Alajálov here on this blog.

Here are some further blog posts about the Second World War.

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