Back Your Infantry - Buy Extra Bonds

Towards the end of WWII, the extreme cost of the many years long battle continued to rise, and so too did the push for private citizens to purchase War Bonds. This well-illustrated poster was commissioned by the United States Government to help encourage the continued sales of these important war bonds. Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer (1897-1982) began his professional career while still in high school painting for a Chicago newspaper. He continued his studies at Ecole Des Beaux Arts as well as the School of the Art Institute, where he studied under Robert Henri. His paintings graced the covers of many of the popular magazines of the time including, Scribner's, Collier's, American Legion Monthly, Redbook, Woman's Home Companion, and Cosmopolitan. He taught at the National Academy of Design, and later at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts. In 1942, he was recruited by the United States War Department as a poster artist. He created many posters with a variety of themes during the w