Your fifteen-minute coverage of this talented illustrator is a masterful piece of work in its own right. Well done, Pete. I can't help thinking he lived in the right age, where his skill had multiple outlets, from film to advertising , and he was smart enough to realize that the United States was the best place to be.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and your appreciation is always welcome. And you make a valid point - London when publishing and gift books dominated, and then the USA and the opportunities to be had there later on.

@TheRealValus

15 күн бұрын

"The rarest individuals depend on their age. It is not every one that finds the age he deserves, and even when he finds it he does not always know how to utilize it. Some men have been worthy of a better century, for every species of good does not always triumph. Things have their period; even types of excellence are subject to fashion. The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century many others will be." - Baltasar Gracián

I've been watching your videos for years, and I cannot express how much they mean to me. I would never have been privileged to have seen such a varied collection of work without your dedication and hard work. Maintaining such a high standard every week is an astonishing achievement. Whilst I don't chime with every artist's style, (who does?), there are some images whose beauty and draughtsmanship simply take my breath away. Each episode is beautifully paced, with a great soundtrack and full of fascinating historical detail and biographical information. It is the most civilised series I have ever encountered on KZread, with a simple format, yet a truly unique style, and it has become part of my routine to relax with a glass of red, and watch every week. Thank you, Pete.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for the comment and support. You are one of a growing number of viewers who I feel I should be handing out long service medals to. And of cours I have my own personal likes and dislikes but I try my best not to let my preferences show.

@JacksonTaylorandTheSinners

9 ай бұрын

I’m right there with ya bud. I’ve spent so many hours won’t Pete’s voice that he feels like an old buddy whose much smarter and vastly more well spoken.

Oh, wonderful. I was hoping to hear more about Pogany, but I had no idea there was so much variety in his work. In my youth I happened across "The Children of Odin" and was amazed. The edition in my local library didn't even have the color plates. With the help of a kindly librarian I found the other Padriac Colum books. His compositions are almost Japanese and his horses are wonderful; proud and self-possessed or hungry and put-upon. I'm so glad I can come back to revisit this video again and again. Thank you.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and your appreciation of this video is very welcome. And naturally enough I particularly like the idea of you (and maybe some others) re-watching.

Pogany inadvertently had a huge influence on American comics. Will Eisner said his studio was exposed to his ink work collected in a book at his studio, specially the artist Lou Fine mimicked him the best he could. Fine influenced Jack Kirby, Frank Frazetta, Gil Kane, Jack Cole and many more great comic artists. Thanks for making a video on him Pete! Your channel is the greatest.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the video. I'd always liked Pogany's work but it wasn't until I made this video I realised the true extent of his versatility and draughtsmanship. And I'm pleased to say Jack Cole is a current work in progress for a solo video.

"Most of us would settle with a fraction of his talent" Amen. What an amazing and varied talent; beautiful layout, accurate and fun character anatomy, and color...sometimes simple and subtle. Thanks again for another detailed and thoughtful examination.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and I'm glad you enjoyed his work. I find myself wondering if it may have been his very versatility that stopped him gaining an equivalent reputation to his contemporaries. I was floored by the sheer volume of great work he created.

This video is a great celebration of Willie Pogany. I am lucky to own a copy of the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner since 1986. I found it in an auction house that I was wandering past. The book was was mixed in with a few National Geographic magazines. I bid R40 ZAR and won the bid. I was the only bidder. Looking back, I think I was led to it. Ever since then I have appreciated learning about Pogany, and this video is a stunning representation of his life and work. Many thanks for sharing your research.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and how I wish I could take a look at that book. Making this video, and gathering these pictures was one of the greatest pleasures I've had in recent times. Your appreciation is very welcome and thanks a lot.

Watched again on a large screen. Stunning! So much variety and mastery of many mediums and styles!!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again, and I wish everyone would view on a decent sized screen. I get complaints that the pictures are too small from those attmpting to watch on a pad or phone. Sometimes I think I'm from another planet entirely.

@eamonnclabby7067

Жыл бұрын

​@@petebeard I defer to my daughter ,and son on such matters...speaking of which...the burgers and assorted snacks are in to watch the last kingdom...local interest, as the great battle of Brunanburh/Bromborough 937AD was here, the site is still intact, am such a dark age devotee.😅😅

@eamonnclabby7067

Жыл бұрын

Splendid idea regarding the big screen..❤❤

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

@@eamonnclabby7067 How's that for coincidence. I just started watching it - a period that fascinates me too.

Another great video, and one of my favorite Golden Age illustrators. You know he also worked in Hollywood during the twenties, I found the movie studio publication for Doug Fairbank's "Thief of Bagdad" and he was the illustrator. Of all the Golden Age artists who transitioned from art nouveau to art deco he was one of the best. I was hoping to gather enough American Weekly covers to make another small art book. Hearst was very fond of Willy and he also painted dozens of series of covers.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hi Albert. FDamn, I missed that one and covered with some movie stills instead. For the life of me I can't imagine why he seems to come some way behind Rackham and Dulac in the history of illustration.

Wonderful! Thank you so much. ♥️

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. What a talent he had.

@lizparker8431

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Indeed. I wonder if any of the books and magazines he illustrated have survived? Such a pity if they haven’t.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

@@lizparker8431 Hello again and apparently there are quite a few copies of the books still around - but almost exclusively in the hands of private collectors. Actual magazines maybe not so much as they tend to fall apart easily.

@lizparker8431

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Thanks, Peter. Might be worth a trawl of 2nd hand book shops.

Still amazed by how these artists are prolific with so many different approach/techniques. This is an excellent illustration with Mr POGÁNY. Thank you so much, great work !!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and I'm glad you appreciate his wonderful body of work.

Mr. Beard.... Awestruck at what I didn't know I didn't know! Again, the Pen and Ink work mesmerizes me! Tnx!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike. Im glad you continue to appreiate what I'm doing. I'm starting to think I should be handing out long service medals.

What a remarkable and talented illustrator. And the fact that he could adapt to so many different styles only adds to his to his talent Believe it or not someone has brought out a book containing many of his line drawings as a colouring book which has done a total disservice to him.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and naturally I agree wholeheartedly with your estimation of his work. And I didnt know about the colouring book but funnily enough don't feel any more comfortable with the moronic modern world now that I do.

Wonderful presentation of art and story. Your efforts are really appreciated.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your comment. It's appreciated.

One of my favorites! A man adept in all styles and taking themes, and I believe depth as well, from the folkloric legends of our past!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. I admire pretty much all his work (maybe not his Alice), but the Nordic trilogy is truly an epic body of illustration and decoration. Surely one of the most iconic pieces of 20th century illustration.

Another wonderful video. I can watch these all day long...I so look forward to these.. love the new music by the way!!! Thank you so much for doing these..Cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate and love these.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello to you, and many thanks for your very flattering comment about the channel. It really does make my day to know that the work is appreciated.

I consider your videos a continuation of my commercial art education. Thank you for showcasing these wonderful artists in such a respectful and illuminating fashion.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks again for your appreciation. It's really good to know the channel has value.

Beautiful and dramatic illustration. Thank-you so much for sharing!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and making the video was a genuine pleasure for me. What a body of work he created!

Another astounding talent I'd never known Pete - Thanks so much for the introduction. It seem to me with someone who was capable of pulling off so many styles, and mediums. Makes it harder to pigeonhole the work, and possibly harder to recognize "in the wild"… But I'll be on the lookout from now on.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. And yes, he was more versatile than most of his contemproraries.

I've always loved illustration without fully understanding it's history. Thank you for opening a whole new world.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. It's good to know that viewers such as yourself appreciate what I'm doing.

Whoa! What an incredibly prolific and versatile artist!! Thanks so much for sharing his work .🙏🏽💙🙏🏽

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and you're more than welcome. Thanks for the appreciation.

Wonderful artist and marvelous video as usual, Mr. Beard! It's already a part of my life to wait for a new one! Never stop!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. It's very welcome. I have no intention of stopping making the videos any time soon, and there are still many more in the pipeline. But as an old man I realise that 'never' is not an option, unfortunately.

@MeuMomentoEspiritual

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Ha, so I'm sure we'll still watch LOTS of new videos! And notice: I'm 61...

Yet again another beautiful presentation of an outstanding artist. It still baffles me how someone can produce such a variety of illustrations. I'm in awe. Thanks once again Peter. Best wishes.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your comment. Never has the phrase 'an embarrassment of riches' been so appropriate. He was one of the giants, as far as I'm concerned.

What a career! This guy was everywhere. Your conclusion is once again very true: who wouldn't want to have that level of success? Maybe that's why later on his life he didn't felt like having to go with a big bang, since at that point he pretty much did everything he wanted to do. Excellent video as always.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the video. He really was one of the illustration giants of the early 20th century, but I still think it's a pity his last work wasn't something a bit more significant than his sister's cookbook.

That was a remarkable follow up of research & wonderfully presented. Thank you.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. It's good to know you enjoyed it.

I do so enjoy your studies of illustration history. And spotting commercial inspirations from the art to product logo icons. Such as the piece showing a young woman, on a beach, wearing the remains of a suit destroyed by a terrier. Which, perhaps, inspired the Coppertone girl and her mischievous little dog.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation and comment. And I knew that pinup was reminding me of something. And now you have unlocked my memory banks so thanks for that. Drawn by Joyce Ballantyne, I think.

You‘re my ruin. You have widened my narrow knowledge and drove me into diminishing my savings more than most channels on youtube. Thanks for this awesome content.

@petebeard

8 ай бұрын

Hello and sorry for the expense I've driven you to - but surely it's worth it? Thanks a lot for the appreciation.

Pete, superlatives fail yet again. At the beginning of this series (6 years ago!) Willy Pogany was a highlight of that first installment, and that in itself was a rare spotlight on the one of the most exceptional talents of Golden Age illustration. As perhaps the greatest extant authority on illustration we have, seeing you return to him in this fuller portrait completes a full circle for me that I didn't expect to see happen. Willy Pogany occupies a deeply personal place in my life, as his "The Art of Drawing" (the original 40's edition) was the well-worn template of drawing mastery I borrowed over and over again from our local library when young. His elegant yet vigorous command of form, expressively beautiful anatomy and decorative rendering was a height I could never hope to reach, but compelling enough to inspire furious practice sessions that netted their own modest gains. And here at last is where all the Vienna Secession stylistic nods melded with the muscular Carpathian strains become the ultimate pinnacle of illustrative brilliance. When you mentioned Pogany venturing into territory already staked out by Rackham and Dulac, (and in my mind, explored by Warwick Goble as well) it all finally clicked. You took us on a life exhibition where Pogany literally did it all, and arguably more spectacularly, his only legacy-sin his effortless versatility and overall refusal to linger faithfully in a repetitive style. Not that the other artists didn't experiment, but who leapt as wildly and successfully from book to magazine to stage to movie projects, with nary a disturbance in their creative ballast? Pogany was what we used to call a Renaissance man, with all the over-the-top trappings of the cliché, but genius is seldom a neat affair. This was perhaps your finest hour yet, and may I also compliment the score of Asher Fulero used in this presentation, which was the perfect musical underpinning to this visual feast. You are creating a highly important cultural mosaic of an era that to my admittedly biased knowledge has no equal in its breadth, scale or serious revisionist intent. "Thank you" repeated thousand-fold doesn't even come close to my appreciation Pete!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello, and to say I'm thankful for your appreciation and erudite commentary would be an understatement. I have to say that being able to re-visit some of those who featured in the unsung heroes series (when I really didn't have much clue what I was doing) has been a great source of pleasure to me. In the case of Pogany I still had to leave out a fair old bit of great material just to keep it to a length that those with shorter attention spans might tolerate. I've always admired his work but doing the research for this was a genuine visual feast.

Hi Pete, who would you consider sung heros of illustration? Thank you for sharing all this unsung! Amazing artists!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and actually many of those I feature in these individual videos are quite and even very 'sung'. Norman Rockwell and Arthur Rackham for instance. It's only those in the actual unsung series who I consider really need the exposure. But it's true that in general illustrators are far less well known than artists.

Beautiful illustrations 😃 I could look at his work for hours

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and I absolutely agree. Putting together the images for this video didn;' feel like work at all. I was like a kid in a toy shop.

Very prolific .& Busy Artist ..& Good 😊❤..... Some of his works were exceptional ... just my opinion...

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and naturally enough you won't get any argument from me on that score. He's every bit as important as Rackham and Dulac but nearly as well known or admired for some reason.

Awesome artist and equal presentation! Thank you!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot. Pogany of course deserves most of the credit - he made my job easy and a real pleasure.

Yet another fascinating look at a (to me) completely unknown genius. Thanks again from rainy Vienna, Scott

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Hello from even rainier England (a guess I know). And I'm pleased to have made the introduction.

Another wonderful presentation and I agree fully with your conclusion. We’ll done and thank you!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks very much for your appreciation.

Thanks for the deeper look into Willy Pogány.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and you are always welcome.

Your videos are so interesting. I have been watching them as soon as they are available. Wonderful! You are a very kind and thoughtful person and your work is so appreciated. Thank you.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Hello again and many thanks for your appreciation of my work on the channel. I must say I find such comments very rewarding, and they sharpen my resolve to keep making videos.

Thanks very much for highlighting Willy Pogany's works, Pete! One of my all-time favourite illustrators among many favourites! I have a 1912 edition of Parsifal featuring his line work and graphics. It has survived quite well down the years. The paper quality is quite a heavy stock with some tooth to it, and not altogether to my taste, it being rather like heavy newsprint. A smoother stock would have felt and looked better in my opinion, but I guess that's the look the publisher was going for. Pogany was so versatile and seemed able to modify his technique to fit his subject, something other illustrators didn't - or couldn't - do. I wasn't aware of his American work, particularly the Hollywood portion. Well done on another instalment!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello, and that's a volume I'd like to see. And I'm delighted that even though you are obviously a longstanding admirer of his work I could show some things you weren't previously aware of. Making the video was a real revelation to me.

Some great art as always, many I'd never seen. I confess that I'm a bigger fan of Pogány's earlier work than some of the illustrations he created when he arrived in the States. It seems like he relied more on live models (or even photos?) than before; the figures look too posed. But it's probably my personal bias. At any rate, a wonderful overview of a great talent. Thanks again, Pete. Hope all is well in your corner of the world. Provence is bright and sunny and the light is getting better (and getting warmer ;-)...) for painting outside. Cheers, Pete!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hi Doug and there's no need to rub it in about the weather. Here in the always wet and usually cold northwest of England it seems to be the monsoon season. I've tried to persuade the current Mrs. Beard to relocate to sunnier southern Europe but she won't hear of it, unfortunately. Anyway, regarding Pogany I'm inclined to agree with you, although I must admit to being mildly addicted to those Hollywood-style Shakespeare images. Alice seems to have been a bit of a wasted opportunity, though. Always nice to have a virtual chat.

I think he blossomed when he came to America. Perhaps he just had a chance to work with more modern printers and backers with deeper pockets. Anyway, Pete, thanks for bringing him to my attention. He's another great I missed.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. I'm not sure I entirely agree though - the Wagnerian stuff impresses me immensely and that was created in the UK. And I wish he'd done a more traditional Alice, but that's another story.

Good lord, these paintings are almost too beautiful for words.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment, and I'm glad you appreciate his talent so much.

@Standbackforscience

3 ай бұрын

@@petebeard I should have also said that I started binging your channel, and thank you so much for your work, I'd like to think I know a bit about art and art history, but I'm learning so much here.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

@@Standbackforscience Thanks for the appreciation. It's been a steep learning curve for me too.

Fantastic work as usual, Pete! It drives me absolutely up the wall that my copy of Pogany's "The Art of Drawing" has a bunch of George Bridgman drawings on the cover!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks again for the appreciation. Until I made the video I didn't even know he had created such instructional material.

Thank you Pete, I love Pogany's book on drawing.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and I must admit I only found out about his how to books making the video. Some great examples to be had.

Thanka lot Pete. Though I wanted to become a magazine illustrator but ended my career as civil draughtsman. Your presentations makes me float in the fantacy world of illustrators. The effort, time and energy you put in is appriciable. Namasthe from India.

@petebeard

10 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your comment, and appreciation of my work on the channel. It means a lot to me.

Terrific stuff! Virtually a how to…on striking poses to enliven pages! Thank you very much…

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and I'm pleased you enjoyed his work.

Watching your videos is an education in art history and culturally enriching. But rather than ramble on and on, I'll just say that I would like to echo every positive comment below. Thanks!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and feel free to ramble on any time you like.

Enchanting. I need to watch your Dulac and Rackham's again, but maybe the reason Pogany is less well remembered is that he was typecast: Siri tells me "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." Academics (some, not impugning you) tend to appreciate a consistent vision that will support a 'theory' and are not adverse to cramming a career into their pigeoholes. Anyway, just me woolgathering. Your recent videos have been very entertaining and lovely to watch.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks a lot for the comment. In my experience, most academics are lazy narcissists who simply regurgitate what they were taught, and so it seems to me that real education has been corrupted into an example of the law of diminishing returns. Otherwise known as the same old stuff. And don't get me started on critics....

Here in Sarasota Florida Willy Pogany did the ceiling paintings at John Ringling's mansion C'ad Zan. They are fantastic.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. I had no idea such a place existed and now I've googled it I am blown away by it. So there's Mar a Lago and this, both of which seem to be modelled on my own humble abode, but smaller.

Hi Pete, another fabulous addition to your catalogue of outstanding video's. I think KZread must have stopped counting your subscribers, as it is not credible that you are stuck at around 75K, my guess is that there are another 25k hiding somewhere.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks for the vote of confidence. If you're right I wish tgose 25k would reveal themselves. Then I could get my crappy silver plaque from youtube and die a relatively happy man.

Pete Beard is back in the building...excellent ,as always thank you for sharing this with us all,best wishes from the wirral peninsula...😊

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello Mr. C, and thanks as ever for the comment. I'm about to head off for lovely Chester for a bit of a break so I hope the weather is going to improve. Might do the Lady lever (again) for good measure.

@eamonnclabby7067

Жыл бұрын

​@@petebeard sounds like a plan...enjoy your day...😊...E..

Thank you for a fascinating video. Pogany also beautifully illustrated, in monochrome, a leather bound edition of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey, which I had, but unfortunately lent to someone who never returned it. I aquired this in 1962 (although the edition was, I believe from the 1920's) & was my introduction to Willy Pogany.

@petebeard

10 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. I must admit the Opium Eaters slipped under my radar - as something inevitably does. Prompted by your comment I just searched and there are some black and white examples to be had, too. Pity.

Wow! I think you may have out done yourself with this one. Pogany was truly remarkable no matter what direction he took. Some of the pictures I remember as a kid going through my grandmother’s library (I’ve said this before I know.) or when she read me bedtime stories. You mentioned Beardsley. As a freshman in college (really a Plebe at the Military Academy) my platoon leader gave me a rather large book of his illustrations when he discovered I liked to draw and paint in watercolor. I still have that book 55 years later. I just rediscovered it a book box. It was one of your presentations that spurred me to go look for it. It was a bit different than any of the other art books I had been using I must admit. Thank you again for all you do. I do enjoy looking at each one. May you continue in good heath and spirit. -OkieSketcher1949

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again, and many thanks for your appreciation of this - and other - videos on the channel. It's great to have viewers such as yourself who seem to be in it for the long haul.

@OkieSketcher1949

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard I Have not gone through all your presentations yet, but I am curious. Have you already made a video on Aubrey Beardsley’s works or are they somewhat taboo for KZread?

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

@@OkieSketcher1949 Hello again, and you haven't missed a Beardsley video - I haven't made one yet. He did feature in my Between the Lines video, but I have hesitated to make one for the very reason you suggest about his erotic content. I've already been clobbered and compelled to censor myself a couple of times by youtube, who seem incapable of discriminating between art and pornography, so I've reluctantly kept him on the back burner. Whether I'll eventually put one together I really don't know.

@OkieSketcher1949

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard I fully understand. The content is a bit onto or over KZread’s outer boundaries. What got to me back then was the use of pen and ink. Up until then I had never been exposed (wrong word?) to line work such as his. Tried doing it on my own and failed rather miserably. In any case, I do enjoy your works.

A true master of the craft!

@petebeard

10 ай бұрын

Very true - and not as well known as some of his contemporaries, unfortunately.

I agree his later work seems a bit tamer and less inspired, but I feel like we can give him a pass, in light of his earlier masterpieces. He seemed to veer towards Rackham at times, but then a change of landscape, along with that strange light that filled each scene, made me forget about any other work. I think he definitely made good use of live models, and stylized them just enough to fully own the images. Beautifully presented again. Thanks!

@petebeard

11 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks for your appreciation. And I really didn't want to seem like I was generally disdainful of his later work. I particlarly enjoy those Shakespear mag illustrations. It was just the irony of bowing out on his sister's cookbook that I meant to point out.

@Cmdtheartist

11 ай бұрын

@petebeard I'm sure he intended on doing more. I've been there, doing quick little stuff, all the while planning on doing the definitive illustrated history of The Ring of the Nibelung. And I didn't mean to imply you thought less of his later stuff, that's on me. Again, great channel.

@petebeard

11 ай бұрын

@@Cmdtheartist Hello again, and at the risk of perpetuating a continuing saga of apologies I just want to say I was more concerned that it had sounded like I thought little of his later output. Words can be misleading, especially without the benefit of intonation, which is why I prefer pictures I suppose.

I have his book the Children of Odin. he's one of my most favorite illustrators.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for your comment. A favourite of mine for many years too

Oh what a coincidence, I have a copy of the Songs of Bilitis. Something about the style was familiar to me, and now I know why! I got a copy of Edmund Dulac's illustration of the Golden Cockerel, it's fantastic. Now I maybe need to get the one by Pogany.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and until I made the video I didn't know it was among his published works. And I think the Pogany cockerel is available somewhere online, but don't quote me - I might have imagined it...

Pogany also painted many interior images for the Ca d'Zan, the Ringling mansion, in Sarasota, Florida.

10 OUT OF 10 -THANKS !!!

@petebeard

10 ай бұрын

...and my gratitude once more.

"Leave on a high point": I think the cover art for "The Art of Hungarian Cooking" is fantastic.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Yes it's right up there with the Arabian Nights and Faust. How could I have been so wrong?

I found a curious copy of The Rubayat at my parents' house from 1934. Watching this video, it appears to contain a mashup of his work perhaps, rather than the original illustration set from the original - or inserting colour plates from other works. Tremendous illustrator.

@petebeard

5 ай бұрын

Hi and thanks for the comment. I'm not aware of this publication but many illustrator's work ended up being re-packaged by less than scrupulous publishers who didn't much care about what came from where.

Muy bueno, gracias por compartir

@petebeard

7 ай бұрын

Hola y de nada. Gracias por el comentario.

Incredible video, as per usual! One question, (which you've probably been asked already) where do you usually source these images? I'm constantly amazed as the selections of these videos as whenever I've researched some of the artists afterwards, specific illustrations are usually hard to find in a format that isn't incredibly compressed or lost in strange e-book formatted texts. Or alternatively, smothered by a few famous pieces that the artist is known for in google images.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and despite your flattering remark, after the hard and frustrating work I've had to put in to finding some of this stuff I'm not about to disclose how I go about it. Sorry, but perseverence is the only way.

Thanks so much for doing this research!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks to you for your appreciation.

Excellent, thanks, Pete. I remember Pogany's drawing instructional book doing the rounds of the London animation industry in the 80s. Mention of his Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam sent me scuttling to my bookshelf, but, alas, my copy is a 1932 edition illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan. (Have you covered Sullivan in any of your videos?).

@petebeard

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Hello again and thanks as ever. And you could do a lot worse than Sullivan's interpretation. If anything I prefer it. And yes he was covered in unsung heroes 49.

@simonward-horner7605

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@@petebeard Thanks, I'll go and check that out. I'm very fond of Sullivan's illustrations myself, and I got the book for practically nothing at a jumble sale.

Hey Pete, great video as always, thank you! A small suggestion : try to check how to pronounce the non english names in general with something like google translate(I know it is not the most accurate,but close) in the future, because sometimes they sound completely different.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the suggestion. I do use google translate and pronounciation, but not in every case. And I pronounce some names as they are in English, such as magyar.

@pattheplanter

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@@petebeard In this case, Wikipedia has a section on his pronunciation. He seemed OK with the non-Hungarian pronunciation being used.

@zsoltszalanczi4508

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@@petebeard I see, good to know!

Beautiful!! What’s interesting, the word “Pogany” in most Slavic languages means “no good”, “terrible”… perhaps he submitted to the fact that he didn’t have success at the beginning? Who knows, but i was surprised when i read this last name.

@pattheplanter

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According to Google Translate, in Hungarian Pogány means "pagan" or "heathen". Perhaps because of his interest in myths and legends. Perhaps because he was Jewish.

@petebeard

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I didn't know any of this stuff of course. I just wondered why the name change, but only briefly. He could have called himself Mister Banana for all I'd care - its the pictures that matter to me.

@eamonnclabby7067

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​@@petebeard Mr Banana it is....😅

@annaguettabi3974

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@@pattheplanter oh yes! I completely forgot about this translation! The English word Pagan is written as “Pogan” in that part of the world.

Dear Pete, I admire and enjoy your channel immensely. But could you enlarge the illustrations, please. They are depicted so small with huge borders. Surely they could be much larger so we could see them better. Thanks!

@petebeard

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Are you watching in full screen mode on a real computer? You might not have noticed but many of the images are portrait rather than landscape and that forces me to constrain them as I do. Borders would make virtually no difference. And I frequently show close ups. So at the risk of losing a viewer the answer is no.

@sidilicious11

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@@petebeard you won’t loose me! I just wondered. I view them on an iPad so I expect the image to be small. But the borders are quite large on most pics in this video. I sure appreciate your channel regardless!

Thank you

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello, and you are welcome.

👍

thank you pete

@petebeard

Ай бұрын

You are very welcome.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

When the controllers of the art world are gone and people take a disinterested look at the past 150 years, they may well conclude that our greatest artists were hiding in children's books and stationery stores.

@petebeard

10 ай бұрын

Hello and that's a sentiment I agree with entirely. Real art for real people.

🌈💝

@petebeard

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Hello and thanks for the appreciation.

Some of this guy's work I would have thought had been done by Parrish. But it lacked the etherial appearnce of Parrish. It was excellent work, don't take me wrong. He beat Parrish in more ways than one.

@petebeard

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Hello again and thanks for the comment. I must admit I'm struggling to see that much similarity between the two but if you do that's good enough for me. We each have our own highly individual perceptions when it comes to all forms of art.

@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj

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@@petebeard iI apologize for not explaining better, but there are only a few of the images in his body of work that put me in mind of Parrish, not the bulk of what you broadcast. They were very polished, but not quite as romantic as Parrish.

@petebeard

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@@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj Hello again and please don't apologise. My evaluations and opinions are no more valid than anyone else's. I'm not an authority - just a massive fan!

No slouch!

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Indeed so.

Since his original nationality was Hungarian, there could be a chance of him taking that Surname from serbian word Pogani = sordid. In Serbia we say "pogani" when someone is being ill minded or just wacked out in a wrong way.

@petebeard

10 ай бұрын

Hello and that's an interesting theory. But the question it prompts is why would you choose that name then?

mag (magnificent)-yar (yard).. omg!! It's mag- as in pODGE and yar as in YARd, the spelling sets are really, m-a-gy-ar, the 'gy' as in the 'j' in Jar and the first 'a' as the o in 'pOur'. The reason he changed his name was probably to reclaim his Hungarian roots, hence the illustrations for Hungarian (Magyar) folktales.

@petebeard

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But I'm British and in British it's pronounce exactly as I do in the video. But thanks for the nitpicking and effusive praise for the video anyway.

@pattheplanter

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Actually, the Hungarian pronunciation is with a voiced palatal plosive not found in English that should only be attempted by native speakers and dedicated polyglots who have studied the language. Magyar has also been an English word since the 18th century and has an English pronunciation.

@petebeard

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@@pattheplanter Hello and thanks for your recent comments regarding pronunciation. It makes a refreshing change to have a viewer such as yourself who doesn't use knowledge as a blunt weapon.