Willy Pogany

The Winter's Tale, Cover for The American Weekly

1949

Original cover illustration for The American Weekly, published December 11, 1949. Depicting a scene from “Much Ado About Nothing,” this illustration is from Pogany’s “Beauties of Shakespeare” cover series for the magazine. "I Won't Marry Her." 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...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Indistinctly Sight Size 40.00" x 30.00", Framed 46.00" x 36.00" All Around Magazine, Dec 1915. #872 in N.C. Wyeth Catalouge Raisonne 2008 This rare pulp painting by Wyeth was originally published as the cover illustration for "The Return of the Four" by Edwin Bliss, All Around Magazine, December, 1915. The painting was reproduced as catalog no. 872 in N.C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Brandywine River Museum, 2008. Notes: NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (American, 1882-1945) The Return of the Four, All Around Magazine, pulp cover, December 1915 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in. Signed indistinctly This rare pulp painting by Wyeth was originally published as the cover illustration for "The Return of the Four" by Edwin Bliss, All Around Magazine, December, 1915. The painting was reproduced as catalog no. 872 in N.C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Brandywine River Museum, 2008. PROVENANCE: Graham Gallery, New York; Private Collection. EXHIBITED: Graham Gallery, New York. Artist biographical notes: N. C. Wyeth produced over 300 illustrations for hundreds of articles, books, posters, and magazine covers. In 1911, he was accepted by Scribner's to illustrate such classics as "Treasure Island, " The Last of the Mohicans...

MAXWELL ARMFIELD, RWS. (British 1882-1972) Costume Design for Geranos Signed l.l.: MAXWELL ARMFIELD, inscribed u.l.: Costume, PHEONIX CEREMONY/ IAN (?) VALO as DAVID, and further i...

The Revelation is an original modern artwork realized by Ferdinand Bac (1859 - 1952) in 1922. Original Lithograph on ivory paper. Signed and dated on plate on the lower right corner...