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Illustrious Setting.(set designer Willy Pogany)(Brief Article)
When Rossini's L'ltaliana in Algeri had its first Metropolitan Opera production, in the 1919-20 season, set and costume designs were provided by Willy Pogany (1882-1955), one of the most important illustrators of his day. Born in Szeged, Hungary, and trained in Budapest, Munich and Paris, Pogany established his reputation as an artist in London before settling in New York in 1915. Prolific and versatile, Pogany illustrated more than one hundred books, designed for the Broadway stage and executed commissions for portraits, architectural decorations and murals.
Pogany's fanciful production concept for L'ltaliana, which lasted in the Met repertory for just four performances, survives only in photographs (see page 28). But some of his best work for the theater is on view once again in Manhattan. In 1921, Pogany designed Scenes from Children's Literature, a set of monumental oil-on-canvas decorative murals, for a charming new auditorium in ...
- The view above.(CA D'ZAN)
- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune April 28, 2002 700+ words
...by Hungarian artist and illustrator Willy Pogany, who designed sets for the Ziegfeld...painting and restore the original Willy Pogany ceiling." Some of Pogany's original...Nations," a series of paintings by Willy Pogany, in gilded frames, sparkles from the...
- A Grounding in the Classics.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly October 16, 2000 700+ words
...Mother Goose showcases the Jazz Age art of Hungarian-born Willy Pogany (1882-1956). Old King Cole wears top hat, tails and...19.95 l60p all ages ISBN 1-58717-026-4; Oct.) Willy Pogany also joins Sir John Tenniel, Arthur Rackham, A.A. Nash...
- Ciara lands lead role in film based on legendary stage play, 'Mama, I Want To...
- Magazine article from: Jet Christian, Margena A. June 18, 2007 700+ words
...husband, Ken Wydro, ran for eight years at Harlem's Heckscher Theatre and made history as the longest-running Off-Broadway...pregnant with Knoelle the same day that the show opened at the Heckscher Theatre. Now they will appear together in the movie. "The legend...
- Sunshine estates. (Houses with history: a range of remarkable American homes...
- Magazine article from: Town & Country Ladika, Susan January 1, 2003 700+ words
...was completed in 1926 for circus magnate John Ringling and features a game-room ceiling that famed Hollywood set designer Willy Pogany turned into a faux circus tent, with scenes of John and his wife, Mable, in costumes. It has recently reopened after...
- The great showman's great showplace; Long neglected, Ca d'Zan and its treasures...
- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune April 28, 2002 700+ words
...long hidden by grime and mold, boldly demand attention. So do the brightly costumed dancers on a ballroom mural created by Willy Pogany, a designer for the Ziegfeld Follies. "This house was designed to be a celebration of light playing off the water, a...
- Mr. Chatterbox; This month: Mr. C previews the reopening of Sarasota's Ca d'Zan.
- Magazine article from: Sarasota Magazine March 1, 2002 700+ words
...be sure and pay for the deluxe tour, where you get to go up on the third floor and check out the playroom decorated by Willy Pogany. He was one of the great set designers of the 1920s, and the space is covered with whimsical drawings based on commedia...
- The early years.(Learning History Firsthand)(The New Leader)
- Magazine article from: The New Leader Bell, Daniel January 1, 2006 700+ words
...cafeteria in the basement; on the lobby level there was a bookstore and an auditorium in the rear, featuring murals by Willy Pogany. The Rand School (later Meyer London) Library took up the entire front of the second floor; its vaulted ceilings, mezzanine...
- The power of play.(STYLE)
- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune July 3, 2005 700+ words
...with an orange and gold vertically striped awning border. It boasts hand-painted illustrations by Hungarian-born artist Willy Pogany, a popular book illustrator who also designed sets for the Ziegfeld Follies and the New York Metropolitan Opera. The theme...
- News & views.(book awards; obituaries)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
- Magazine article from: Booklist Zvirin, Stephanie August 1, 2000 700+ words
...selection of classic children's literature. Among the "Books of Wonder" to be published in the fall is a facsimile of Willy Pogany's 1928 Mother Goose, with 120 of Pogany's art deco illustrations. Also look for Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle...
- A knack for collecting; Called gaudy by some, Ringlings' choices appear to...
- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune April 28, 2002 700+ words
...Renaissance tastes. Scholars have found furniture in the styles of three French kings: Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI. Willy Pogany, Hungarian illustrator and painter known for designing stage sets for the Ziegfeld Follies, painted a mural on the ballroom...