Willy Pogany

William Andrew ("Willy") Pogany (born Vilmos Andreas Pogány) (August 1882 – 30 July 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books.

He produced his four masterpieces, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1910), Richard Wagner's Tannhauser (1911), Parsifal (1912) and Lohengrin (1913), while living in London. In 1918 he illustrated a children's retelling of Homer, The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy written by Padraic Colum.

Pogany's best known works consist of illustrations of classic myths and legends done in the Art Nouveau style.

Pogany authored three art instruction books: Willy Pogany's Drawing Lessons, Willy Pogany's Oil Painting Lessons, and Willy Pogany's Water Color Lessons, Including Gouache.

Works illustrated:

• Faust (1908)
• A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1908)
• Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1918)
• The Blue Lagoon
• The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1910)
• Tannhäuser (1911)
• Parsifal (1912)
• Lohengrin (1913)
• The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy (1918)
• The King of Ireland's Son
• The Song Celestial
•  My Poetry Book
•  Sonnets from the Portuguese
•  The Golden Cockerel
•  The Frenzied Prince

He illustrated more than 150 volumes, including:

• The Adventures of Odysseus
• The Tale of Troy
• The Children of Odin
• The Golden Fleece
• The King of Ireland's Son
• Gulliver's Travels
• Bible Stories to Read and Tell
• Little Tailor of the Winding Way
• Tisza Tales
• The Treasure of Verse for Little Children
• Magyar Fairy Tales
• Drawing Lessons
• The Art of Drawing
• Story of Hiawatha (c.1914)