Austro-Hungarian Sowers
Franke
Willst Du den Frieden Ernten Musst Du Säen Darum Zeichne Achte Kriegsanleihe
[If You Want to Reap Peace You Must Sow – So Subscribe to the 8th War Loan]
PST 0442
Unknown
Zeichnet die Siebente Oesterreichische Kriegsanleihe
[Subscribe to the Seventh Austrian War Loan]
PST 10595
These two Austro-Hungarian posters depict sowers, and use the planting of seeds as a metaphor for renewal and growth. One of the sowers is a demobilized soldier still wearing his uniform.
The purposeful stride of Franke’s sower suggests the nobility and dignity of rural life in a similar way to Jean-François Millet’s painting “The Sower” (1850).
Similar images of sowers were produced in France (see next page).
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