Willy Pogany Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Hungarian, 1882-1955
Willy Pogany was born and educated in Hungary, before emigrating to Great Britain and then leaving again for New York after World War I. He studied at Budapest Technical University and in Munich and Paris. Pogany spent his early childhood with his brothers and sisters in a large farmhouse full of chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, pigs and horses. He became one of the nation's leading book illustrators, leaving his imprint on a wide range of books such as A Treasury of Verse for Little Children, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
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Artist: Willy Pogany
The Prince
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By Willy Pogany
Located in Buffalo, NY
Born in Szeged, Hungary, he became one of the better known and successful illustrators of the Golden Age of Illustration, completing over 100 books. Among them are "A Treasury of Verse for Little Children," "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam," and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." He is probably best known for pen and ink drawings of mythology subjects geared towards children.
He studied at Budapest Technical University and attended art schools in Munich and Paris before moving to London at age 23. In 1907, he began illustrating children's books and did a series of annual gift books...
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1940s Realist Willy Pogany Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Fortune Teller
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
William Andrew (Willy) Pogany was a native of Hungary and his first studies in Budapest and Paris were in engineering. Success in caricaturing led him to pursue and art career, first in London and then in America. His influences were the Oriental artists and illuminated books, and much of his career was devoted to book illustration.
Among his many successes were The Rubaiyat, The Kasidah, The Children’s Book of Northern Myths, The Witch’s Kitchen, The Frenzied Prince, Sonnets from the Portuguese, Fairy Flowers, Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, Tales of the Persian Genii, A Treasury of Verse for Little Children, Stories to Tell the Littlest Ones, Hungarian Fairy Book...
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20th Century Other Art Style Willy Pogany Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Nero
s Temple On The Nile
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Middle Right
Sight Size 20.50" x 27.00;" Framed 30.25" x 35.00"
Framed and matted under glass in antique gold painted art deco...
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1940s Willy Pogany Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache, Illustration Board
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