Karl Moritz Leuschner (August 22, 1878 - May 30, 1940) was a German-American illustrator, lithographer, and graphic designer. Leuschner was born in Berlin, Germany. He left Germany in 1906, emigrating to the United States on November 12, 1907. He lived briefly in Rhode Island before moving to Rochester, New York. There he made a living teaching and selling his art. He moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1926, remaining there through 1936. He put himself through the University of California, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree while working locally as a graphic artist for various lithography firms. He also thought art at several high schools. In cartographic circles he is best known for a large 1932 pictorial map of Los Angeles. Leuschner died in San Francisco in 1940.



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