Charles Buckles Falls
Prolific American illustrator and WWI poster artist
Charles Buckles Falls, also known as C. B. Falls, was an American artist, most known for his illustrations and writings. He is the author and illustrator of several books, including The ABC Book. He is also known for his World War I poster advertisements, such as Books Wanted. Charles Buckles Falls was born on December 10, 1874, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In his early twenties he moved to Chicago, where he began his career as an architect's assistant and as a sketch artist for the Chicago Tribune. While working as an architect's assistant, he taught himself how to draft and ultimately became a freelance artist. Unhappy with his salary, Falls left the Chicago Tribune and moved to New York City around 1900. While in New York, he struggled to find work until he met the artist and author Joseph Pennell. Falls illustrated many different books for various authors, as well as various magazines and posters. During World War I, he was a member of the Society of Illustrators, with whom he produced war propaganda for the Committee on Public Information's Division of Pictorial Publicity. While he is most commonly known for his illustrations of posters and books, Falls was also involved in many different art forms. He designed fabrics, furniture, and even trade bindings. He was also involved in stage design, helping to design scenery and costumes for the American Society of Illustrators, as well as the Palace Theatre and Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York. In 1914, Falls wrote, directed, and starred in a play called "Perfectly Happy" that performed at the Berkeley Theatre. Falls also created designs and illustrations for various magazines, including Vogue, Redbook, Collier's, and Everybody's magazines, as well as various companies such as Dodd, Meade, & Co., Edison & Co., and Marshall Field & Co..
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Artworks by this artist (31 total)
- E-E-E-Yah-Yip. Go over with U.S. Marines 1918
- Books wanted for our men in camp and over there 1923
- Snow White and the seven dwarfs Pl.08 1913
- Snow White and the seven dwarfs Pl.04 1913
- Snow White and the seven dwarfs Pl.12 1913
- Snow White and the seven dwarfs Pl.03 1913
- The U.S. Marines want you 1917
- For our aviators 1917
- April 1906
- Snow White and the seven dwarfs Pl.01 1913
- Snow White and the seven dwarfs Pl.07 1913
- Learn and earn There’s a trade and an education for young men in the Ordnance Department U-S-A 1919
- Wm. Harris, Jr. presents John Drinkwater’s Abraham Lincoln 1920s
- The camp library is yours 1917
- Snow White and the seven dwarfs Pl.09 1913
- Religious book week. Good books build character 1917
- Premiers au feu means in French first to fight, in English U.S. Marines 1917
- Learn to make and test the big guns – better yourself, enlist and learn a trade in the Ordnance Dept. 1919
- U.S. Engineers – Foremost Skilled mechanics, technical specialists 1917
- Now for some music 1918