‘The Art of Influence’ at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -ARTnews

Just a little Something to “Remember Pearl Harbor!”, 1942, color lithograph on card stock.

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Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.

Today’s show: “The Art of Influence: Propaganda Postcards from the Era of World Wars” is on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston through January 21, 2019. The show presents approximately 150 postcards from World War I through the end of World War II.

Santa Claus (Fake), 1941, color lithograph on card stock.

©MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON/LEONARD A. LAUDER POSTCARD ARCHIVE—PROMISED GIFT OF LEONARD A. LAUDER

Europe marches against Bolshevism, 1942, color lithograph on card stock.

©MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON/LEONARD A. LAUDER POSTCARD ARCHIVE—PROMISED GIFT OF LEONARD A. LAUDER

Gino Boccasile, The advance continues, 1942, color lithograph on card stock.

©MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON/LEONARD A. LAUDER POSTCARD ARCHIVE—PROMISED GIFT OF LEONARD A. LAUDER

: The Falange, ca. 1930s, color lithograph on card stock.

©MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON/LEONARD A. LAUDER POSTCARD ARCHIVE—PROMISED GIFT OF LEONARD A. LAUDER

: On our collective farm there is no place for popes and kulaks (wealthy farmers), ca. 1930, color lithograph on card stock.

©MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON/LEONARD A. LAUDER POSTCARD ARCHIVE—PROMISED GIFT OF LEONARD A. LAUDER