Sunday, September 29, 2024

Alfred Steinacker

 Salvete Omnes,




Alfred Steinacker - born in Hungary in 1838, died in Vienna in 1914 - was a master of the genre painting during the long Austro-Hungarian 'century.' 
Puszta (articles on the puszta steppe  - eg  this one or this one) , csikos , wagons, 'banderia,'  and horses from this Austro-Hungarian master:














Valete

Friday, September 27, 2024

Friedrich Gauermann - mid-XIX century Austrian peasants and their horses

 Salvete Omnes,




a quick entry: this portfolio is  full of colorful pictures of the  Alpine peasant life of the Austrian Crown lands -  Friedrich Gauermann (1807- 1862).




son of Jacob (painter from Württemberg, who eventually settled in Austrian Empire, where he died in 1843)



Friedrich's paintings: 




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and the last scene - not unlike American frontier's scene - just mountain folks trying their carbines and muskets, with a wagon in a background.


Valete

Monday, September 23, 2024

Mustang & Indian Pony - Sketch of the Development of the Modern Horse

 Salvete Omnes,

Wild horses of America as described in F.S. Colley's book titled Sketch of the Development of the Modern Horse (Maine 1906)


mustangs:


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. and a few modern photos from Wiki Commons
















enjoy 

Valete