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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 Lionni
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Leo Lionni

Dutch-American, 1910 - 1999
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Place of BirthAmsterdam, Netherlands
Place of DeathTuscany, Italy
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.