Pathway to Peace
National Museum of American History

Pathway to Peace

Smith, J. Andre · 1918

paper (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

Charcoal sketch on paper. This somber scene of soldiers picking through the ruins of a village church was a familiar one to the American forces fighting in France during World War I. The artwork's title, <i>Pathway to Peace</i>, is an ironic nod to the devastation of the conflict.

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