Willy Pogany, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Willy Pogany

Hungarian artist

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1882

Place of Birth: Szeged, Csongrád County, Hungary

Date of Death: 30-Jul-1955

Profession: artist, painter

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Leo

William Andrew Pogany (born Vilmos András Pogány; 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 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.
Painstakingly detailed and confident, Pogany's pen and ink pieces portray the true extent of his talent.