Edgar Degas - some horse-themed art

 Salvete Omnes,

a short posting - horses of Edgar Degas I corralled for this post - 

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Horses in the Meadow

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there are plenty of article on maestro Degas' equestrian art 

eg - Metropolitan Museum - pastel on wood.

Harvard Museum - at the races.

Visual Arts site analysis - in front of the stand.

also  some sculptures - I may want to ask you whether  this is some great equestrian art? 

a bit of cynicism should be in place here - in the early 1920s Degas' heirs decided to make his sculptures more permanent (as the originals were sculpted form perishable materials), although Degas himself never favored making them so (as they appear but sketches & studies of fleeting mementos of his interests and artistic needs),   and authorized metal casting of his wax, clay and plastiline sculptures. They 'invented' the casting series, and 'limited' the number of castings to 21, while the very first series went to the most prominent collectors.

 I am sure all in the best  interest of humanity and history of art ( and wealthy  collectors). 

Valete

Victor Pierre Huguet's horses & camels

 Salvete Omnes,

today just a pure art fiesta - paintings by Victor Pierre Huguet - a French XIX century  Orientalist and equestrian painter.

I have been drawing & paintitng some camel images - for my meharist - camel rider- from Palmyra & Hatra little project.

And our maestro Victor Pierre has many of them, the painter having traveled in Western Asia, Crimea, North Africa etc.

From Christies -

and horses

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from Art Institute of Chicago - Ravine near Biskra

Valete

Sir Henry Raeburn - portraits & horses

 Salvete Omnes,

Spring upon the Northern Hemisphere and let us enjoy some Scottish painter of the British imperial era.

Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823)  - Sir Henry, active during the British raise to empire but squarely only in Scotland, painted a huge number of portraits and other paintings during  the half of a century long career. 

Biography by Sir Walter Armstrong on Archive.

Or another one by William Raeburn Andrew - also on Archive.

Henry on a grey pony

George Hay, solider of Peninsular War and War of 1812,  equestrian painting in 1823 but finished by another artist

and a beautiful hussar officer uniform - pelisse - this soldier pictured below was names Sir John Douglas , who being an officer the 15th The King's Hussars fought in the Peninsular War 1813-14 and at Waterloo 1815. 

and below please find a portrait of  a young Lieutenant Colonel George Allan of the 16th Hussars/Light Dragoons with a famous British cavalry weapon: the pattern 1796 light cavalry sabre  

another British cavalryman of Madras cavalry with the pattern 1796 sabre 

TGIF - enjoy your weekend 

Valete