Antimilitarist Prints, Jan Petrus Ponstijn, 1900 - 1950
linocut, h 287mm × w 176mm
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© Jan Petrus Ponstijn
Jan Ponstijn was an advocate of antimilitarism, a movement that opposed organized military violence. Violence, it was argued, had led to the devastating World War I (1914-1918). To back up his words, Ponstijn presented this series of ominous images to his audience.