Helguera Arand, León (sold)
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.
Flying Clipper Ships during World War II. By a prominent Mexican-American illustrator.
Routes of the Flying Clipper Ships [As of December 7, 1941. Subsequent Wartime Changes Censored]. Pan American World Airways. 'Wings of Democracy'.
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This is a striking c. 1941 World War II era pictorial map of the world promoting the 'Flying Clipper Ship' routes of Pan American Airways. It was illustrated by the Mexican-American artist Leon Helguera, who went on to illustrate many widely admired war effort posters. (more details)