Lot 296: 2 WILLY POGANY (Hungarian-American, 1882-1955) PRINTS

Two framed and matted Vintage Willy Pogany Prints. In wood frames, each 12 3/4"x17" 1/2" Weight combined 4 pds 8 oz. Born in Szeged, Hungary, Willy Pogany 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. Pogany studied at the Budapest Academy of Arts. By 1915 he had arrived in NYC. While in Hollywood in the 1930s, he designed sets for movies and painted portraits of film stars. He died in NYC on July 30, 1955. Member: Salmagundi Club; Architectural League (NYC). Exh: PPIE, 1915 (gold medal); LA Public Library, 1927; Magyar Artists (LA), 1932-33; Businessmen's Art Club (LA), 1934; Print Rooms (Hollywood), 1935; Calif. Art Club, 1938.

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