Goldsworthy on the Napoleonic period mounted troops aka cavalry

 Salvete Omnes,

a short entry - dr Adrian Goldsworthy, historian & novelist (his Roman period novels are good entertainment ).

So dr Goldsworthy, in a rather typical British fashion of not knowing about Polish cavalry or history (like the Polish and Red army cavalries 1917-45), delivers a lecture on the Napoleonic era mounted troops and use of horses by the armies. - this is the video on Yt. 

And some of my old Napoleonic ulan (uhlan -lancer) and cheavulegers art.

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enjoy

Valete

Farewell Old Year 2024

 Salvete Omnes,

and the last hours  of the old 2024 - Adios  Old Year.

and I will share some drawings of mine with you - I have been posting much of my art. 

These drawings I draw and painted on paper, with pen, ballpen, watercolor and gouache, mixing techniques.  

.. I like to think we once had shamans who had been eating Amanita Muscaria (muchomor czerwony in Polish) and then dreaming about the world within and without.

Cheers

Valete

Ballpen drawings & Sketches of Old Polish horsemen and horses

 Salvete Omnes

the very end of the year, it has been not a bad year AD2024 ... but for the wars and mayhem all over the world. 

I have not been posting my own drawings & sketches lately. 

So in the spirit of the New Year's Eve,  San Silvestre, Sylwester or la Noche Vieja coming tomorrow night, I am pleased to share  some of my Old Poland horsemen theme drawings & sketches in ballpen on paper, with some gouache and/or watercolor or gesso (some little resizing etc in GIMP and Krita)

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Enjoy

Salvete

J.G. Pforr - more peasant horses & car-stake or stake-brace

 Salvete Omnes,

just for the beauty and enjoyment - works of Johann G. Pforr

the wagon images demonstrate  the use of car-stake or stake-brace*

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the car-stakes[1] seemed to have been an eastern European invention 

[1] lusnia[ luśnia ] in Polish - in Polish Wikipedia,  and  klonica[kłonica]  which holds the ladders in place - - see the description in  Polish Wikipedia. 
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and a horse market scene somewhere in Saxony? - 

* Laszlo Tarr, The History of the Carriage, New York, 1969, page 175  & two plates XLII & XLIII.

Valete

Shenanigans in Kaunas War Museum, Lithuania

 Salvete Omnes,
I have been defrauded by Paypal (more than 1000 dollars), Russian publisher and some Polish writer. But this is old, now something new. 

on Monday I found out through Facebook page of this gentleman  - Aliaksei Lastouski - that the Vytauto Didziojo Karo Miziejus( Vitatuas War Museum) in Kaunas, Republic of Lithuanian, used my own drawing for their exhibit without any consent nor permission from me. 

Note that the exhibit was created with the cooperation with the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum of Lviv, Ukraine. And Radoslaw Sikora's splendid book on the winged hussars was published in Ukraine in 2019AD . In that book my drawing, along with others,. was published on page 156 of that Ukrainian edition .

But hardly a hilarious aspect of this fact is that they did not ask me for any permission to use my drawing in this displays prior to setting up this display within their exhibit - they not only used my drawing but also manipulated it and after manipulation enlarged it to monstrous size, that was never intended by me to be made this large - due to limitation of the technique used. I am not flattered nor please. I am wronged. 

I am providing a link to the exhibit and  attaching the photo by Aliaskei Lastouski on the privilege & purpose of citation - 

I wonder what they - the Museum - gonna offer as an excuse, justification and whether they provide me with any compensation here.
I wonder how they got a copy of my artwork ? 

c'est la vie nowadays I guess

Valete
ps today is 911  - 

Charles M. Russell - buffalo hunts

 Salvete Omnes, 

a short entry - some of the fabulous works by Charles M. Russell showing buffalo/bison hunts on horseback.

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at the Amon Carter Museum there are  photos of maestro Charles and his art, including one at his studio with a canvass on easel showing a bison herd. 

 from Charlie Russell had a satirical streak eg

and a 'white Indian' story from More Rawhide stories by master storyteller Charles M. Russell -

and another illustration from My sixty years on the plains, trapping, trading, and Indian fighting a book I wrote about  2 years ago.

Valete