Edward McKnight Kauffer (14 December 1890 – 22 October 1954)[1] was an American artist and graphic designer who lived for much of his life in the United Kingdom.

[3] By 1910 he had moved to San Francisco working as a bookseller and studying art at the California School of Design from 1910 to 1912.

[4] At around this time Professor Joseph McKnight of the University of Utah became aware of Kauffer's work, sponsored him and paid to send him to Paris for further study.

At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, he moved from Paris to London with his new wife, American pianist Grace (née Ehrlich).

[20][21] In July 1940, at the beginning of the Second World War, he and Marion Dorn returned to New York City, where they married in 1950 but separated in 1953.