About Willy Pogany
Lived 1882 – 1955 (aged 72). Willy Pogany was a Hungarian painter and exlibrist.
Works
Pogany's public art appears on walls of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (formerly Ringling Mansion) in Sarasota, Florida, in New York City at the El Museo del Barrio theater (1230 Fifth Avenue), P.S. 43 Jonas Bronck in Mott Haven, and the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (45th Street) and in The Strand Theatre at The Appell Center for the Performing Arts in York, PA.
Written or illustrated by Pogany:
Kúnos, Ignác- Turkish Fairy Tales, Burt 1901 Farrow, G. E. - The Adventures of a Dodo, Unwin 1907 Thomas, William Jenkyn- The Welsh Fairy Book, Unwin 1907 Ward, Mary Augusta - Milly and Olly, Unwin 1907 Edgar, Madalen G. - Treasury of Verse for Little Children, Harrap 1908 Goethe, J. W. von - Faust, Hutchinson 1908 Dasent, G. W. - Norse Wonder Tales, Collins, 1909 Hawthorne, Nathaniel - Tanglewood Tales, Unwin, 1909 The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Harrap 1909 Coleridge, S. T. - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Harrap 1910 Gask, L. - Folk Tales from Many Lands, Harrap 1910 Young, Gerald - The Witch s Kitchen, Harrap 1910 Wagner, Richard - Tannhäuser, Harrap, 1911 Gask, L. - The Fairies and the Christmas Child, Harrap 1912 Wagner, R.- Parsifal, Harrap 1912 Heine, Heinrich - Alta Troll, Sidgwick 1913 Kúnos, I. - Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, Harrap 1913 Pogany, W. - The Hungarian Fairy Book, Unwin 1913 Wagner, R. - The Tale of Lohengrin, Harrap 1913 Pogany, W. - Children, Harrap 1914 A Series of Books for Children, Harrap 1915 More Tales from the Arabian Nights, Holt 1915 Colum, Padraic - The King of Ireland's Son, Holt 1916 Swift, Jonathan - Gulliver's Travels, Macmillan 1917 Bryant, Sara Cone - Stories to Tell the Little Ones, Harrap 1918 Colum, Padraic - Adventures of Odysseus, Macmillan 1918 Olcutt, Frances Jenkins - Tales of the Persian Genii, Harrap 1919 Skinner, Eleanor Louise - Children's Plays, Appleton 1919 Elias, Edith L. - Red Riding Hood, Holt 1920 Colum, Padraic-The Children of Odin, Harrap 1920 The Adventures of Haroun El Raschid, Holt 1923 Newman, Isadora - Fairy Flowers, Milford 1926 Flanders, Helen Hartness - Looking Out of Jimmie, Dent 1928 Carroll, Lewis - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Dutton 1929 Pogany, W. - Mother Goose, Nelson 1929 Anthony, Joseph - Casanova Jones, Century 1930 Pogany, W. - Magyar Fairy Tales, Dutton 1930 Burton, Richard F. - The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi, McKay 1931 Arnold, Edwin - The Light of Asia, 1932 Arnold, E. - The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gita, 1934 Huffard, Grace Thompson - My Poetry Book, Winston 1934 Pushkin, Alexander - The Golden Cockerel, Nelson 1938 Pogany, Elaine - Peterkin, 1940 Bennett, Paula Pogany - The Art of Hungarian Cooking, 1954
Pogany illustrated more than 150 volumes, including:
The Adventures of Odysseus The Tale of Troy The Children of Odin The Golden Fleece The King of Ireland's Son Gulliver's Travels Bible Stories to Read and Tell Little Tailor of the Winding Way Tisza Tales The Treasure of Verse for Little Children Magyar Fairy Tales Drawing Lessons The Art of Drawing Story of Hiawatha (c.1914)
Pogany wrote three instructional books: Willy Pogany's Drawing Lessons, Willy Pogany's Oil Painting Lessons, and Willy Pogany's Water Color Lessons, Including Gouache. He completed them at the end of his final years in New York.
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Willy Pogany?
Hungarian artist (1882–1955)
When was Willy Pogany born?
Willy Pogany was born on 24 August 1882 in Szeged.
When did Willy Pogany die?
Willy Pogany died on 30 July 1955 in Manhattan.
What was Willy Pogany's occupation?
Willy Pogany was a painter and exlibrist.
What nationality was Willy Pogany?
Willy Pogany was Hungarian.
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