International studio (82.1925)

mceRHACionAL

CINDERELLA BY WILLY POGANY

MURALS OP FAIRY TALES

/n his beautiful deco- Willy Pogany's decorations legend to establish a pleas-
rative murals at the for Children's Theatre hold inS intimacy and has added
Children's Theatre in ^ Qf chUdhood and S° m"ch °f ^ °wn engag-

JNew York, Willy Pogany ' if / J ln£ iantasy that the old

has caught the real spirit of eij-iana fairy-lore is enriched with

childhood and fairyland. He ROSE HENDERSON a rare new charm,
has an eerie imaginative While he has an unusual

quality that reminds one of the poetry of Walter sense of the purely decorative, of filling of architec-
de la Mare but is more robustly human. The tural spaces with effective composition, Mr. Pogany
paintings suggest the advantage of having a single does not fail to invest his figures with poetic
artist decorate an entire auditorium. There is reality. In the center of the left wall as you face
delightful unity of feeling together with fascinat- the stage is a charming nocturne representing
ing variety. The artist has given enough of familiar Cinderella's flight from the ball. A pale, elusive

OCTOBER I925

sixty-one