Willy Pogany was born in Szeged, Hungary, in
1882.
He studied at the Art School in Budapest and spent two years in Paris and ten in London, where he created his quartet of masterpieces:
The Rime of the
Ancient Mariner (1910),
Tannhauser (1911),
Parsifal (1912) and
Lohengrin
(1913).
Each of these was designed completely by Pogany, from the covers and
endpapers to the test written in pen and ink, pencil, wash, color and
tipped-on plates. He moved with his family to New York City in 1914
and he was naturalized in 1921.He died in New York City on July 30, 1955.
More Tales From The Arabian Nights was published 1915.
THE STORY OF THE HUNCHBACK
STORY TOLD BY THE JEWISH PHYSICIAN THE
NECKLACE OF JEWELS
STORY TOLD BY THE TAILOR THE
YOUNG MAN AND THE BARBER
STORY OF PRINCE CAMARALZAMAN
AND THE PRINCESS BADOURA
THE LOST TALISMAN
THE HIDDEN TREASURE OF SHAMARDAL
THE MARID-APE
THE SEA-JEWELS
THE FAIRY PALACE
THE MOUNTAIN OF THE BLACK STONES
