Rene George Hermann-Paul:
Les Hymnes Allies, 1917
Framed (ref: 6115)
Colour lithograph

Tags: Rene George Hermann-Paul lithograph allegory men war No Mans Land WW-1 Paintings Commemorating World War I World War One and its Aftermath

Provenance: The Artist's Estate; Private collection

Literature: En Guerre, French Illustrators and World War 1, Neil Harris and Teri J. Edelstein, The University of Chicago Library, 2014.

Published by Nouvel Essor, Paris

This lithograph celebrates the French-American alliance during the First World War. When the American Expeditionary Forces arrived in France, General John Pershing was said to exclaim, "Lafayette, we have come!"