American, 1869–1940
Ernest Clifford Peixotto (1869–1940) was an American artist, illustrator, and author, born in San Francisco to a Sephardic Jewish family. He studied art in California and Paris, later joining Scribner's Magazine as an illustrator and producing murals, travel books, and magazine art. Peixotto spent much of his life in France, where he also taught and directed an art-training center after World War I. During the war, he held an officer's rank in the U.S. Army Engineers and was one of eight official artists documenting the American Expeditionary Force.
Sources: Wikipedia (en): Ernest Peixotto · Wikidata Q5393669
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