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Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Complete:The Tale Of Lohengrin. Rolleston & Pogány


This is extraordinary book but you really need to use the "fullscreen" button to truly enjoy it. 

Pogány, Willy (illustrator). E W Rolleston, Richard. The Tale of Lohengrin, Knight of the Swan after the Drama of Richard Wagner by T.W. Rolleston. Presented by Willy Pogany. London: G.G. Harrap, n .d. [1913].

William Andrew ("Willy") Pogany (born Vilmos Andreas Pogány) (August 1882 died 30 July 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. Pogany's best known works consist of illustrations of classic myths and legends done in the Art Nouveau style. He also worked as an art director on several Hollywood films, including Fashions of 1934 and Dames.

The publication of Pogány's Lohengrin was the final act in his trilogy of masterworks focused on Wagner's Germanic tales, and one of the quintet that is considered his finest work

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