As an overwhelmingly intense human experience, war has long caught the attention of artists. World War I was no exception. Among the most pervasive uses of art and artists during the Great War was the prolific creation, under government auspices, of posters designed to generate public support for the struggle. But independent artists, those not beholden to state authorities and often highly critical of the war, portrayed a very different face of those hostilities and their aftermath. The visual sources that follow illustrate both of these perspectives on the First World War.