William Andrew Pogany (August 24, 1882 – July 30, 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children’s and other books. His contemporaries include Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, W. Heath Robinson, Margaret Tarrant, Charles Robinson, Anne Anderson, Enerst H. Shepard 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. Painstakingly detailed and confident, Pogany’s pen and ink pieces portray the true extent of his talent.
Books Illustrated by Willy Pogany
- Kunos, I. – Turkish Fairy Tales, Burt 1901
- Farrow, G. E. – The Adventures of a Dodo, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1907
- Thomas, W. J. – The Welsh Fairy Book, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1907
- Ward, M. A. – Milly and Olly, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1907
- Edgar, M. G. A – Treasury of Verse for Little Children, George Harrap 1908
- Goethe, J. W. von – Faust, Hutchinson 1908
- Dasent, G. W. – Norse Wonder Tales , Collins, 1909
- Hawthorne, N. – Tanglewood Tales, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1909
- ____ The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, George Harrap 1909
- Coleridge, S. T. – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, George Harrap 1910
- Gask, L. – Folk Tales from Many Lands, George Harrap 1910
- Young, G. – The Witch’s Kitchen, George Harrap 1910
- Wagner, R. – Tannhauser, George Harrap 1911
- Gask, L. – The Fairies and the Christmas Child, George Harrap 1912
- Wagner, H. – Parsifal, George Harrap 1912
- Heine, H. – Alta Troll, Sidgwick 1913
- Kunos, I. – Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, George Harrap 1913
- Pogany, W. – The Hungarian Fairy Book, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1913
- Wagner, R. – The Tale of Lohengrin, George Harrap 1913
- Pogany, W. – Children, George Harrap 1914
- ____ A Series of Books for Children, George Harrap 1915
- ____ More Tales from the Arabian Nights , Holt, 1915
- Swift, J. – Gulliver’s Travels, Macmillan 1917
- Bryant, S. C. – Stories to Tell the Little Ones, George Harrap 1918
- Colum, P. – Adventures of Odysseus, Macmillan 1918
- Olcutt, F. J. – Tales of the Persian Genii, George Harrap 1919
- Skinner, E. L. – Children’s Plays, Appleton, 1919
- Colum, P. – The King of Ireland’s Son, George Harrap 1920
- ____ The Red Riddinghood – A Panorama Book , Holt, 1920
- ____ The Children of Odin, George Harrap 1922
- ____ The Adventures of Haroun El Raschid , Holt, 1923
- Newman, I. – Fairy Flowers Milford 1926
- Flanders, H. H. – Looking Out of Jimmie, Dent 1928
- Carroll, L. – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Dutton 1929
- Pogany, W. – Mother Goose, Nelson, 1929
- Anthony, J. – Casanova Jones, Century 1930
- Pogany, W. – Magyar Fairy Tales Dutton 1930
- Burton, R. F. – The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi, McKay, 1931
- Huffard, G. T. – My Poetry Book, Winston 1934
- Pushkin, A. – The Golden Cockerel, Nelson, 1938
