A Careless Word... A Needless Sinking
Artist
Anton Otto Fischer
Germany, 1882 - 1962
Date1942
Dimensions37 1/4 x 28 1/4 in. (94.6 x 71.8 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LineGift of Peter A. Blatz
Object numberPH.142
DescriptionAnton Otto Fischer, a German immigrant, was best known as an illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post. He also created a handful of propaganda posters for the U.S. government, all of which play on the tagline “a careless word.” This and other compositions of similar subjects caught the attention of the military, who swore him in as a lieutenant commander with the task of painting the heroic deeds of the merchant mariners and Coast Guardsmen. The archive of his work is currently housed in the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut. On View
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