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The noted artist who created this famous Army Air Forces Recruiting Patriotic Poster with the heading text O'er the Ramparts We Watch, taken from the lyrics our our national anthem the "Star Spangled Banner" was noteworthy American artist Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer (1897-1982); Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer attained national recognition as an artist, becoming and Academician of the National Academy of Design. His works are represented in the permanent exhibitions of the National Academy of Design,the Ranger Collection, the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, the War Department, the National Headquarters of the American Red Cross, the Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. , the U.S. Department of State in Washington, the Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, the University of Indiana, the Marine Corps School of Quantico, Va., the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and many other public buildings and. private collections.
He was a profuse illustrator for national magazines. His works appeared in Woman's Home Companion, American Magazine, Collier's, Red Book Magazine, American Legion Monthly and others.
In 1942 he became official Artist of the U.S. War Department, with a studio in the Pentagon, from which he issued a long series of wartime inspirational posters for morale and recruitment. He prepared portraits of military leaders of the nation, including Eisenhower, Patton and many others. These works hang today in the War College in Washington in Washington, D.C.
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