WAR FACTORY AND THE UNION OF CLASSES 1915 José Simont FRANCE WORLD WAR I PRINT

Original French 11 inch x 15 1/4 inch page with printed drawing titled L’USINE DE GUERRE ET L’UNION DES CLASSES

Albert Thomas speaks to the workers at Le Creusot factory.

Albert Thomas (1878 – 1932) was a prominent French Socialist and the first Minister of Armament for the French Third Republic during World War I. Following the Treaty of Versailles, he was nominated as the first Director General of the International Labour Office, a position he held until his death in 1932.

Drawn by José Simont (1875 - 1968). Barcelona-born José Simont Guillén was an internationally admired magazine illustrator during the first half of the 20th century. He moved to Paris in 1898 where, during the First World War he produced several drawings of French soldiers, almost always highly sympathetic and sometimes quite sentimental.

The page comes from the French magazine L’ILLUSTRATION, September 1915

The page is in fine condition. Printed text on the reverse.