Jeff A. Menges, author of Willy Pogány Rediscovered (Aug 16-Aug 23)
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1LibThingDan
Please welcome Jeff A. Menges, author of Willy Pogány Rediscovered. Jeff will be chatting on LibraryThing until August 23rd.
2JMenges
Hello illustration fans.
This book is for those of you who marvel at those images that exist in old books, regardless of the tale. There are a rare few illustrators from the world of books who have gotten their due; but there are scores—if not hundreds—of these artists whose work is appreciated for the moment, but soon after that respect is put on the shelf with the books the images were done for. Thus the need for rediscovery—
Pogány was an illustrator who caught my attention early on in my own work, driving me to find more and more of his imagery, and more of the books he had worked on. Dover helped me to acquire a larger selection of his material—some of it quite rare and costly—so that we could make this collection available to a whole new generation of fans who appreciate art that tells a story, within a story. There was little available before this book that recognized Pogány's brilliant career. While this volume is just the tip of that iceberg, it may serve to help others discover his works, and the wide-range of imagery he created in over forty years of illustrating.
This book is for those of you who marvel at those images that exist in old books, regardless of the tale. There are a rare few illustrators from the world of books who have gotten their due; but there are scores—if not hundreds—of these artists whose work is appreciated for the moment, but soon after that respect is put on the shelf with the books the images were done for. Thus the need for rediscovery—
Pogány was an illustrator who caught my attention early on in my own work, driving me to find more and more of his imagery, and more of the books he had worked on. Dover helped me to acquire a larger selection of his material—some of it quite rare and costly—so that we could make this collection available to a whole new generation of fans who appreciate art that tells a story, within a story. There was little available before this book that recognized Pogány's brilliant career. While this volume is just the tip of that iceberg, it may serve to help others discover his works, and the wide-range of imagery he created in over forty years of illustrating.
3bluereader
Hello, Jeff,
Will there be an N. C. Wyeth collection in the future? I know that Dover has a card collection, and he's in Visions of Camelot and a few other Dover books, but something along the lines of the other artists you've featured would be nice. Meanwhile, I'm eagerly awaiting publication of the Walter Crane book and the two latest Calla books.
Thank you for all the visual pleasure you and Dover have provided.
Will there be an N. C. Wyeth collection in the future? I know that Dover has a card collection, and he's in Visions of Camelot and a few other Dover books, but something along the lines of the other artists you've featured would be nice. Meanwhile, I'm eagerly awaiting publication of the Walter Crane book and the two latest Calla books.
Thank you for all the visual pleasure you and Dover have provided.
4JMenges
Hi bluereader-
Thanks for the question.
The idea of pursuing an N. C. Wyeth book, akin to the others I've compiled, has been on the radar at Dover for some time. There are two factors for us to consider there—one is that Vanguard Publications will be releasing a book on Wyeth's illustration art in the next few months- Dover and myself do not want to put out a book that would be largely redundant to that effort. If there is enough to do that would be significantly different, we'll explore it further. It would make sense for us (and I'd be glad) to add him to the family of Golden Age illustrators that we have already profiled. The second factor with N. C. Wyeth, is that much of his later work is still in copyright protection, potentially limiting what we can work with freely—where someone like Walter Crane, is all in the public domain.
The card collection was done a few years ago in conjunction with the Brandywine Conservancy— a museum and organization in the Wilmington Delaware/Philadelphia PA area dedicated to preserving and promoting the work of the Howard Pyle School of art, and the Wyeth family that followed it. All of the postcard works are from their terrific collection.
The Art and Illustration of Walter Crane is just about to go to press, and there will be four, not two, Calla books featuring Golden Age illustration, all look good to be available next month. Arthur Rackham's Grimm's Tales, The Detmold Brother's Jungle Book, René Bull's Arabian Nights, and John Austen's Hamlet.
Thanks for the kind words. I'm happy and lucky to have found myself in a situation where my passion for illustration can be explored so fully, and the results of that can be shared with others who appreciate it. — Next season for me, are books on illustrations of Shakespeare's works, and a more complete look at the illustration of Edmund Dulac.
Thanks again- J
Thanks for the question.
The idea of pursuing an N. C. Wyeth book, akin to the others I've compiled, has been on the radar at Dover for some time. There are two factors for us to consider there—one is that Vanguard Publications will be releasing a book on Wyeth's illustration art in the next few months- Dover and myself do not want to put out a book that would be largely redundant to that effort. If there is enough to do that would be significantly different, we'll explore it further. It would make sense for us (and I'd be glad) to add him to the family of Golden Age illustrators that we have already profiled. The second factor with N. C. Wyeth, is that much of his later work is still in copyright protection, potentially limiting what we can work with freely—where someone like Walter Crane, is all in the public domain.
The card collection was done a few years ago in conjunction with the Brandywine Conservancy— a museum and organization in the Wilmington Delaware/Philadelphia PA area dedicated to preserving and promoting the work of the Howard Pyle School of art, and the Wyeth family that followed it. All of the postcard works are from their terrific collection.
The Art and Illustration of Walter Crane is just about to go to press, and there will be four, not two, Calla books featuring Golden Age illustration, all look good to be available next month. Arthur Rackham's Grimm's Tales, The Detmold Brother's Jungle Book, René Bull's Arabian Nights, and John Austen's Hamlet.
Thanks for the kind words. I'm happy and lucky to have found myself in a situation where my passion for illustration can be explored so fully, and the results of that can be shared with others who appreciate it. — Next season for me, are books on illustrations of Shakespeare's works, and a more complete look at the illustration of Edmund Dulac.
Thanks again- J
5CarmenOhio
Hello Jeff,
Not a question, just wanted to tell you that when my College Prep. juniors read "Usher" I bring out your Poe illustrations book to their great delight. The kids love it, and it sets the mood for dark Romanticism. Thanks for your work.
Not a question, just wanted to tell you that when my College Prep. juniors read "Usher" I bring out your Poe illustrations book to their great delight. The kids love it, and it sets the mood for dark Romanticism. Thanks for your work.
6JMenges
CarmenOhio-
That's great to hear. A good visual can help give a spark to a story, when a reader unfamiliar with the subject might otherwise have little handle on what's happening. Costume design, architecture, time of day—can all help set the mood, and make it easier to "get one's head" into a tale.
Poe's work is ripe for imagination to run with. If illustration helps them enjoy the stories a bit more, (I know it works for me) you've found a great application for Poe Illustrated. Thanks for telling me about it-
J
That's great to hear. A good visual can help give a spark to a story, when a reader unfamiliar with the subject might otherwise have little handle on what's happening. Costume design, architecture, time of day—can all help set the mood, and make it easier to "get one's head" into a tale.
Poe's work is ripe for imagination to run with. If illustration helps them enjoy the stories a bit more, (I know it works for me) you've found a great application for Poe Illustrated. Thanks for telling me about it-
J
