Willy Pogany
William Andrew Pogany (born
Vilmos András Feichtmann (or Feuchtmann); August 24, 1882 – July 30, 1955) was a prolific
Hungarian illustrator of
children's and other books. His contemporaries include
C. Coles Phillips,
Joseph Clement Coll,
Edmund Dulac,
Harvey Dunn,
Walter Hunt Everett,
Harry Rountree,
Sarah Stilwell Weber, and
N.C. Wyeth. He is best known for his pen and ink 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 watercolors, oil paintings, and especially pen and ink.
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