Synopses & Reviews
Famed in the early twentieth century for his Art Nouveaustyle depictions of episodes from mythology, Willy Pogány illustrated books for readers of all ages. This collection featuring the best examples of design, illustration, and calligraphy from the artist's early career returns a long-neglected master illustrator to the public eye.
The Hungarian-born artist studied in Paris and worked in London for a decade before his arrival in the United States in 1915. In addition to his successes as a muralist, set designer, and art instructor, Pogány illustrated more than 100 books. This is the first collection of his selected works, featuring many hard-to-find images that have been out of print for more than 80 years. More than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations include scenes from fairy tales and adventure stories such as Wagner's "Ring" cycle of Parsifal, Lohengrin, and Tannhäuser. Other sources of inspiration include a 1908 edition of Faust, Gulliver's Travels, and Nathaniel Hawthorne's A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales.
Synopsis
Famed in the early 20th century for his Art Nouveaustyle depictions of episodes from mythology, Pogány illustrated books for readers of all ages. This collection features more than 100 color and black-and-white images, including scenes inspired by fairy tales and adventure stories Wagner's "Ring" cycle, Faust, Gulliver's Travels, and more.
Synopsis
More than 100 color and black-and-white Art Nouveaustyle illustrations from fairy tales and adventure stories include scenes from Wagner's "Ring" cycle, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Gulliver's Travels, and Faust.
Table of Contents
EARLY WORKS
A Treasury of Verse for Little Children Faust, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Myths and Legends of the Middle Ages THE HEIGHT OF THE GOLDEN AGE
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Tannhäuser, A Dramatic Poem, Richard Wagner
The Fairies and the Christmas Child, Lilian Gask
Parsifal, Richard Wagner
The Hungarian Fairy Book, Nándor Pogány
The Tale of Lohengrin, Richard Wagner NEW BEGINNINGS IN AMERICA
More Tales from the Arabian Nights Gullivers Travels, Jonathan Swift
Tales of the Persian Genii The Children of Odin, Padraic Colum DIVERSITY IN DEPTH
Fairy Flowers, Isidora Newman
Willy Pogánys Mother Goose, Isidora Newman
Alices Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Magyar Fairy Tales, Nándor Pogány
Sonnets from the Portuguese, Elizabeth Barrett BrowningLOOKING BACK
Willy Pogánys Drawing Lessons American Weekly Magazine Willy Pogánys Water-Color Lessons