Edy-Legrand, whose real name is Edward Louis Warschawsky Leon, born in Bordeaux France to a French mother and a Russian-Jewish fatherin 1892, died in Bonnieux in 1970.
He was a French illustrator and painter. He made the first part of his career in advertising illustration and literature. Later, his work was devoted to painting.
He attended the Ecole des Beaux Artes in Paris, the Art Academy in Munich, and then lived and worked for Tolmer Publishing House in Paris for much of his career.
After the Second World War, he spent much time in New York where he worked as an illustrator for various publishers.
Paper size: 8,5 x 11 in. (21,6 x 27,7 cm.) & Image size: 5,7 x 7,3 in. (14,4 x 18,5 cm.)