Edward McKnight Kauffer
American artist and designer, 1890–1954
At the beginning of the First World War, Kauffer moved to London with his family where he produced 140 posters for London Underground and London Transport. He also created posters for the Great Western Railway and Shell Oil, as well as, created book illustrations and book covers, his most notable being the 1952 dust cover for Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. Kauffer returned to New York City at the start of the Second World War, where his primary client until his death in 1954 was American Airlines.
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