EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR

National War Poster Competition

25 November 1942 to 3 January 1943

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MoMA Staff

Director

Irwin D. Hoffman

Director

Theodore S. Ruggles

Competition Judge

John Taylor Arms American, 1887–1953

Competition Judge

Frances Brennan American, born 1921

Competition Judge

Charles Coiner Nationality unknown, 1898–1989

Competition Judge

Stuart Davis American, 1892–1964

Competition Judge

James Thrall Soby American, 1906–1979

Competition Judge

Monroe Wheeler American, 1899–1988

Competition Judge

Walter Baermann

Competition Judge

Rex Stout

Artists

Victor Ancona
American, 1912–1998
1 exhibition

Joseph Binder
American, 1898–1972
5 exhibitions

Seymour Fogel
American, 1911–1984
4 exhibitions

Karl Koehler
American, born 1913
4 exhibitions

Henry Koerner
American, 1915–1991
6 exhibitions

Johannes Larsen
Danish, born 1912
2 exhibitions

Ben Nason
American, born 1915
2 exhibitions

Constantino Nivola
American, 1911–1988
3 exhibitions

Erel Osborn
2 exhibitions

Weimer Pursell
2 exhibitions

Dick Bates
1 exhibition

Adolph E. Brotman
1 exhibition

Sgt. Jack Dumas
1 exhibition

Jospeh Gering
1 exhibition

Helen Gibbs
1 exhibition

E. B. Greenhaw
1 exhibition

Otto Keisker
1 exhibition

Virginia Legakes
1 exhibition

George Maas
1 exhibition

Barbara Marks
1 exhibition

David K. Rubins
1 exhibition

N. Schattenstein
1 exhibition

Kenneth Whitley
1 exhibition

New York Times Review of the exhibition

PUBLISHED

25 November 1942

200 WAR POSTERS GO ON VIEW TODAY; Museum of Modern Art to Show Best Works of 2,000 Artists in National Competition 200 WAR POSTERS GO ON VIEW TODAY

Using paint brushes as weapons, 2,000 American artists have attacked the enemy in one of the country's largest war poster competitions. The 200 entries judged best by the jury of awards will go on public exhibition today at the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West Fifty-third Street. Nine $300 war bonds were given as prizes.

New York Times • page 25 • 765 words