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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Leo LionniDutch-American, 1910 - 1999

Lionni lived and worked in Italy before immigrating to the United States in 1939. Settling in Philadelphia, he quickly established a successful advertising design practice. After the war, he worked as art director for "Fortune" magazine. In 1960, Lionni returned to Italy and embarked on a new career as an author and illustrator of over 40 children’s books.

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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Keep 'Em Rolling!
MO 2005.13.34.223
Leo Lionni
1941
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