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.
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...
Gouache, Illustration Board
Cymbeline, Cover for The American Weekly
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover illustration for The American Weekly, published October 9, 1949. Depicting a scene from “Cymbeline,” this illustration is from Pogany’s “Beauties of Shakespeare” cover series for the magazine. From the Estate of John McLaughlin. Medium: Mixed Media on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left 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...
Board, Mixed Media
The Winter's Tale, Cover for The American Weekly
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover illustration for The American Weekly, published November 27, 1949. Depicting a scene from “The Winter's Tale,” this illustration is from Pogany’s “Beauties of Shakespeare” cover series for the magazine. Signed lower right. 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...
Paper, Watercolor
Tamas The Power of Bad
By Willy Pogany
Located in Santa Monica, CA
WILLY POGANY (1882 - 1955) TAMAS THE POWER OF BAD, c. 1940. Etching, signed and titled and numbered 50 in pencil. Image 12 x 9 inches. Sheet 14 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches. Generally goo...
Etching
The Prince's Room
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...
Gouache, Graphite, Pen, Watercolor
$11,500
Queen Elizabeth
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
From the Estate of John McLaughlin. Signed center left. 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...
Board, Mixed Media
Esther Accusing Haman
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for "Queen Esther's Feast," published in the book Bible Stories to Read and Tell: 150 Stories from the Old Testament with References to the Old and New Testaments,...
Paper, Watercolor
Much Ado About Nothing, Cover for The American Weekly
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
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...
Paper, Watercolor
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Cover for The American Weekly
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover illustration for The American Weekly, published February 5, 1950. From Pogany’s “Beauties of Shakespeare” cover series for the magazine, this illustration depicts a scene from The Merry Wives of Windsor where Sir John Falstaff hides in a laundry basket. Signed lower left. 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...
Board, Mixed Media
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...
Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
$2,368
H 14.97 in W 13 in
"Masha's fairy tales" watercolor cm. 17 x 22 1970
By Marina Yevgenyevna Uspenskaya
Located in Torino, IT
Children, illustrations, tales Marina Evgenevna USPENSKAYA (Moscow, 1925 – 2007) Marina Evgenevna Uspenskaya was born in Moscow. She graduated from the 1905 Art College, where she ...
Paper, Watercolor
$3,150Sale Price|30% Off
H 19 in W 27.25 in D 0.13 in
'Study for a Mural', Maquette, Chicago, Alfred Stieglitz, Armory Show, PAFA, NAD
By Daniel Putnam Brinley
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'D. Putnam Brinley' for Daniel Putnam Brinley (American, 1879–1963) and dated 1932. Artist note, lower left, 'Scale 1'' - 1'. ' American muralist and painter Dan...
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
$829
H 14.18 in W 14.97 in
French painter - 19th/20th century erotic watercolour - Intimate scene
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (19th-20th century) - Erotic scene. 10 x 12 cm (without frame) - 36 x 38 cm (with frame). Watercolour on paper, within a passe-partout, in a carved and gilded wooden...
Paper, Watercolor
$830
H 14.18 in W 14.97 in
French painter - 19th/20th century erotic watercolour - Intimate scene
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (19th-20th century) - Erotic scene. 10 x 12 cm (without frame) - 36 x 38 cm (with frame). Watercolour on paper, within a passe-partout, in a carved and gilded wooden...
Paper, Watercolor
$1,600
H 10.63 in W 14.63 in
"In the Artist's Studio, " Late 19th Century Scottish Realist Watercolor Interior
Located in Wiscasset, ME
"In the Artist's Studio" was painted in the realistic style in the late 19th century by the Scottish artist, George Clark Stanton. Stanton was a painter, watercolorist, goldsmith and...
Watercolor
$1,350Sale Price|40% Off
H 15 in W 13 in D 1 in
"The Newcomes, Chapter XI" - Early 20th Century Figurative Watercolor with Piano
By Charles Edmund Brock
Located in Soquel, CA
An fine period watercolor, dated 1910, an illustration by Charles Edmund Brock (English, 1870-1938). This, from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, "The Newcomes, Memoirs of the Most Respectable Family." The novel was published in 1855. Below this image are two characters from "The Newcomes, Chapter XI". Presented in a rustic giltwood frame. Signed "C.E. Brock" and dated "1910" lower left. Image size, 10"H x 7.5"W. Charles Edmund Brock was a widely published English painter, line artist and book illustrator, who signed most of his work C. E. Brock. He received his first book commission at the age of 20. He became very successful, and illustrated books for authors such as Jonathan Swift, William Thackeray, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot. Brock also contributed pieces to several magazines such as The Quiver, The Strand, and Pearsons...
Paper, Watercolor
$5,500
H 16 in W 15 in
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Riders Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s Daniel Celentano (1902 - 1980) Subway Scene, 1930s 8 x 9 inches Ink and wash on paper Singed lower ...
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Vintage French Gouache Portrait
By Charléno Carlo
Located in Houston, TX
Exuberant gouache portrait of a smiling auburn haired female by French erotic artist Carlo Charléno, circa 1930. Signed lower right. Original vintage ...
Gouache, Paper
Church Interior
By Ray Quigley
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern illustration by American artist Ray Quigley depicting two men inside of a church.
Gouache, Illustration Board, Ink
$829
H 14.18 in W 14.97 in
French painter - 19th/20th century erotic watercolour - Intimate scene
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (19th-20th century) - Erotic scene. 10 x 14 cm (without frame) - 36 x 38 cm (with frame). Watercolour on paper, within a passe-partout, in a carved and gilded wooden...
Paper, Watercolor
$3,850Sale Price|30% Off
H 11 in W 15 in D 0.25 in
'After School', Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d'Automne, PAFA
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950) and painted circa 1935. This early twentieth-century painter, lithographer, muralist, author, poet and ill...
Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board, Pen, Pencil
$498
H 19.69 in W 13.78 in
Circa 1660 Italian Baroque Architectural Drawing for San Michele in Bosco
Located in Firenze, IT
ARTIST - Attributed to Domenico Santi, Called Il Mengazzino (1621–1694) // PERIOD - Circa 1660–1670, 17th Century // ORIGIN - Bologna, Italy // MEDIUM - Pen and Brown Ink, Grey Wash ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
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H 24 in W 27.25 in
Oil Painting Hungarian American illustrator Willy Pogany Illustration Art, Fruit
By Willy Pogany
Located in Surfside, FL
Still life of fruit (with purple glass or crystal) Hand signed lower right Dimensions: (Frame) H 24" x W 27.5", (Canvas) H 17.25" x W 21.5" William Andrew Pogany (born Vilmos András Pogány; August 24, 1882 – July 30, 1955) was a prolific Hungarian American illustrator of children's and other books. His contemporaries include C. Coles Phillips, Joseph Clement Coll, Edmund Dulac, Harvey Dunn, Stevan Dohanos, Walter Hunt Everett, Harry Rountree, Norman Rockwell, and N.C. Wyeth. He is best known for his pen and ink illustration drawings of myths and fables. A large portion of Pogany's work is described as Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often feature motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. He paid great attention to botanical details. He used dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolor, oil painting, and especially pen and ink cartoon work. Willy Pogany was born in Szeged, Austria-Hungary. He studied at Budapest Technical University and in Munich and Paris. He spent his early childhood with his brothers and sisters in a large farmhouse full of chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, pigs, and horses. When he was six, his parents took him to Budapest where he would later be sent to school. He especially liked to row and to play soccer. In his spare time, he drew pictures and painted. He enjoyed painting and drawing so much he decided to be an artist. He attended Budapest Technical School for less than a year, during this time he took art classes for six weeks. He sold his first painting to a wealthy patron for $24. He spent his early twenties attending art school and would later travel to Munich, Paris, and London before coming to the United States in 1914. When Pogany went to Paris to study and paint, he was unable to secure much attention or income, was often poor and went hungry. Willi Pogany spent two years in Paris. When he finally saved up some money from his work, he left Paris to go to London. In 1906, Arthur Rackham's Rip Van Winkle gained massive popularity, sparking a demand for artists in London. At this point Pogany was hired to provide the design For The Welsh Fairy Book by T. Fisher Unwin, including over 100 plates, illustrations, vignettes, chapter heads and tails, and initials. He also did 48 illustrations for Milly and Olly, 70 for The Adventures of a Dodo and 39 for Faust. After ten years in London, Pogany emigrated to America. Besides book illustration, pictures, mural paintings, portraits, etchings, and sculptures, Pogany became interested in theatre and designed stage settings and costumes for different shows and the Metropolitan Opera House. He eventually moved to Hollywood to serve as an art director for several film studios during the 1930s and 1940s. In London, he crafted his quartet of masterpieces: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1910), Tannhauser (1911), Parsifal (1912) and Lohengrin (1913).[7] Each of these was designed completely by Pogany, from the covers and endpapers to the text written in pen and ink, pencil, wash, color and tipped-on plates. Pogany worked as an art director on several Hollywood films, including Fashions of 1934 and Dames. He began his involvement in motion picture set design in 1924 and worked in film until the end of the 1930s. He was commissioned by John Ringling, Ettenger, Reiner and William Randolph Hearst's Wyntoon Estate, painted for the Barrymore family, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Carole Lombard, Enrico Caruso, Miriam Hopkins, and many others. Pogany was awarded gold medals in Budapest and Leipzig Expo as well as the London Masonic Medal, and became a Fellow of the London Royal Society of Art. The New York Society of Architects gave him a silver medal for his mural in the August Heckscher's Children's Theatre showing Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, and Jack in the Beanstalk. He won a gold medal in 1915 at the Panama Pacific Expo for his work The ValCares and was also awarded the Hungarian Silver Blue Medal. In 1914, Pogany's illustrations appeared on the cover of Metropolitan Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, Harper's Weekly, Hearst's Town and Country, Theatre Magazine and American Weekly.[6] In 1917 to 1921, he worked for the Metropolitan Opera designing sketches, scenery and costumes. In 1918 he illustrated a children's retelling of Homer, The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy written by Padraic Colum. 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...
Canvas, Oil