Salve,
continuing from several days ago, I have found more images by our turn of XX century equine artist Wacław Pawliszak in the ancient magazine (ceased publishing in 1939) ''Tygodnik Illustrowany'' (Weekly Illustrated) along with an article devoted to the artist and his art, written several years before his death.
here the article in Polish
.. these are paintings or drawings of paintings by the artist where horses were part of the subject depicted, mostly Orientalist in character. Unfortunately they are not in color, so we are deprived of his wonderful palette.
XVII century cavalry (Western) charge
Arabian Nights-like story illustrations
..
the image below is a drawing of his painting showing Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, mistress to king of Poland Augustus the Strong and mother of Maurice de Saxe, meeting king of Sweden Charles XII in his camp during his invasion of Poland. Note the Janissary porters, a Polish Royal guard unit that had been started by king Jan Sobieski out of his Turkish Janissary prisoners, the Turkish soldiers were eventually replaced by the Polish ones dressed like Janissaries.
.. and here king Augustus the Strong, who was our great Saxon great hope that turned into national calamity.
.. A bridge toll, of sorts :)
..
above, the very first image is of the Vienna victor - king Jan Sobieski - entering liberated imperial Vienna
5 comments:
I just found your post. I have a painting - a portrait of a lady - which bears the name "Waclaw Jerzy Pawliszak" on the frame. The style and colour palette of the painting is very similar to two portraits of his in the Warsaw National Museum. However, I am baffled by the name "Jerzy"as I understood his middle name was Franciszek, and the signature on the painting looks like WFPauliszak
Hello unknown..
well, in Polish sources like https://www.ipsb.nina.gov.pl/a/biografia/waclaw-pawliszak they list him only with his first name. he seems to have used WFP as his signature along with his primary signature - W. Pawliszak , nota bene his father was named Franciszek.
http://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/dmuseion/docmetadata?id=3980
anyway, there is no other Waclaw Pawliszak, a painter in Polish art history.
so perhaps someone made a mistake in labeling the painting... and if the signature looks WJP then you are in a clear -
enjoy your painting
nota bene here he uses W.F. Pawliszak http://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/Content/4007/122682.jpg
Thank you so much for the information, it is much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Alan Ridgway
Dear Alan,
you are welcome - :)
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