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Hans Bohrdt -LRB- 11 February 1857 -- 19 December 1945 -RRB- was a German artist .. German. Germany. He was a self-taught painter who would later go on to give private lessons to Kaiser Wilhelm II .. Kaiser Wilhelm II. Kaiser Wilhelm II. German Kaiser Wilhelm II took a liking to Bohrdt and would fund all of his projects , which were often nationalistic in nature .. Kaiser Wilhelm II. Kaiser Wilhelm II. German. Germany. In 1915 Bohrdt created his most famous illustration which is called `` The Last Man '' .. The image shows a German navy officer holding up a German flag as his ship sinks because he would rather go down with the ship than surrender .. German. Germany. navy. navy. officer. officer ( armed forces ). German flag. German flag. `` The Last Man '' would become one of the most widely recognized propaganda images used during the war to inspire courage .. propaganda. propaganda. Bohrdt was accepted into the Imperial Yacht Club in Kiel .. Kiel. Kiel. In 1906 the Kaiser granted Bohrdt a spacious villa in Berlin .. After World War I , Bohrdt made a living drawing maritime postcards , book illustrations , magazines , and supplied images for newspaper articles .