Peace Profile: Kerr Eby

World War I soldier Kerr Eby (1889–1946) used his art and its straightforward images of his war experiences to promote an antiwar message in a most intriguing period in world history. The period after the horrid “war to end all wars” saw the development of numerous peace treaties and citizen movements for peace that were attempts to either limit or eliminate war. None were able to prevent World War II. Today, international law is too often brushed aside just as easily in favor of militaristic solutions. Eby’s artful war dissent offers an example of a citizen who, despising war, used what influence he had to attempt to prevent it.