Helguera Arand, León
León Helguera Aranda (June 28, 1899 – September 1970) was a Mexican-American graphic artist active in New York City during the 1940s. Helguera was born in Chihuahua, Mexico. He studied at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. He then worked at a cartoonist in Mexico City. Helguera emigrated to the United States with family at 17 years old. By 1930 he was a U.S. citizen working as a commercial artist at the firm Fisher-McKenzie. When World War II broke out he turned his artistic skills to the war effort, illustrating recruitment and war bond posters for the Office of War Information (OWI). In 1943, he designed a postage stamp illustrating the United Nations. He is particularly known for his impressive posters issued for Pan American World Airways.
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