Tuesday

Willy Pogány (1882-1955)


Willy Pogány's illustration for
'Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The First and
Fourth Renderings in English Verse',
New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1940
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6 comments:

Gondal-girl said...

reminds me of Australian artist Norman Lindsay...have you seen his work? Around the same era.

Aputsiaq said...

No, I don't think I have...I'll take a look at his art. THANKS :O)

Anonymous said...

I have a book "Faustus" by Goethe illustrated by Pogany (edited in 1911 or so) pretty illustrations I think!
With my best wishes
Joanna

Aputsiaq said...

Eeeeh, I wish I owned theis book...it looks so wonderful!

Renata and Jonathan said...

Willy was awesome, he also put out an excellent book on drawing. The Art of Drawing. Only recently discovered his work. Thanks for sharing xoxo

Here's the link on Amazon id you want to check out the book.

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Drawing-Willy-Pogany/dp/1568330596

Aputsiaq said...

Thank you so much for the link...I'll have to take a look at it noooow! He was a wonderful artist!