Artist: Alonzo Foringer
Artist Dates: 1878-1948
Signed Within Plate: A.E. Foringer
Date of Work: C. 1914
Description: This picture, reminiscent of "The Pieta," depicts a mother holding her baby with the symbol of The American Red Cross behind her and to the left. Beneath her seated figure is a ticket with the title "The Greatest Mother in the World." The woman bears a nurse's cap and looks soulfully toward the heavens with her child cradled in her arms.
Size: 46.5x30.25"
Weight: 1lbs 1.3oz
Provenance: Dr. David Orzeck
Condition: This poster has some minor repairs done to it, notably beneath the figure where a sealant has been applied to a tear about halfway through the poster, and beneath the title ticket, where an inch long square of tape had been previously applied. Now it is fixed to conservation paper.Meta: Poster, WWI, WWII, Military, Militaria, Army, Navy, Marines, AirForce, Propaganda.
Artist Biography: Born in Kaylor, Pennsylvania, Foringer spent the early part of his life in Armstrong County.Foringer received artistic training from Horatio S. Stevenson in Pittsburgh, then from Henry Siddons Mowbray and Edwin Howland Blashfield in New York City. Later, he moved to Saddle River, New Jersey.A perpetual bachelor, Foringer's household included his brother, T. Milton, and his sisters, Lilian, Ire, and Edith. The Foringer name was important in local politics between Alonzo's art career and Milton's 31 year career on the Saddle River borough council.He died December 8, 1948 in Saddle River, following an illness.Foringer's former home in Saddle River is now a historic landmark on the National Historic Registry