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Post by naukowiec on Dec 22, 2019 22:44:27 GMT 1
Give me a chance, I need to go painting hunting!
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Post by naukowiec on Dec 22, 2019 23:14:50 GMT 1
I don't think this one will show the address but not sure yet. Who is the artist?  |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 22, 2019 23:42:15 GMT 1
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Post by naukowiec on Dec 22, 2019 23:59:16 GMT 1
That is Jewish Orange Saleswoman by Gierymski Yes, well done! I will need more time to think about that painting.......but I am away tomorrow so will have to try and post from a mobile, not sure how easy that will be yet! |
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Post by naukowiec on Dec 28, 2019 10:31:32 GMT 1
What is the mounted policeman telling the peasant? You can no longer plough the field? You no longer have this land? I have searched for this painting and get zilch. I thought the man on horseback looked more like a cavalryman than a policeman. |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 28, 2019 14:27:14 GMT 1
What is the mounted policeman telling the peasant? You can no longer plough the field? You no longer have this land? I have searched for this painting and get zilch. I thought the man on horseback looked more like a cavalryman than a policeman. Yes, very good. The Prussian policeman tells the Polish peasant he has to leave Germany. It is called Prussian deportation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_deportations
The Prussian deportations, also known as the Prussian expulsions of Poles (Polish: rugi pruskie, German: Polenausweisungen), were the mass expulsions of ethnic Poles (and to a lesser extent, Polish Jews) from the German-controlled Prussia between 1885 and 1890. More than 30,000 Poles with Austrian or Russian citizenship were deported from the Prussian part of divided Poland to the respective Austrian and Russian Partitions of the no-longer existing Commonwealth. The deportations were carried out in an inhumane way, and were based on ethnic discrimination principles.
The county-wide expulsion was condemned by the Polish public as well as the federal German parliament. The expulsion also contributed to the worsening of the German-Russian relations. In the aftermath, Poles without German citizenship were again allowed to work and reside in the German Empire in all seasons but the winter. It is regarded as an early example of ethnic cleansing.[1]
A French artist painted it - a Pole is lying on the ground. Why?  |
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Post by naukowiec on Dec 29, 2019 19:57:10 GMT 1
I have searched for this painting and get zilch Another one by Wojceich Kossak. A French artist painted it - a Pole is lying on the ground. Why? I don't think I'm right in this at all, but does this have anything to with the French Revolutionary Wars? France was pitted against Prussia. That painting looks like the aftermath of a battle scene amd the Pole looks to be dead. Is that the Polish eagle astride him? Or maybe the French artist is a red herring....... |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 30, 2019 0:29:40 GMT 1
does this have anything to with the French Revolutionary Wars? France was pitted against Prussia. That painting looks like the aftermath of a battle scene amd the Pole looks to be dead. Is that the Polish eagle astride him? Or maybe the French artist is a red herring....... Nope, the Pole on the ground symbolizes the lost November Uprising 1830 and the eagle is a symbol of victorious Russia. The title: Polish Prometheus. OK, another famous Kossak. What is shown exactly?  |
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Post by naukowiec on Dec 31, 2019 8:49:51 GMT 1
Nope, the Pole on the ground symbolizes the lost November Uprising 1830 and the eagle is a symbol of victorious Russia. The title: Polish Prometheus. I didn't think I was on the right track. Unfortunately my Polish history knowledge isn't good enough. Did you know that the French artist who painted Polish Prometheus was Wojciech Kossak's godfather, Horace Vernet? Hence the French connection, given that Kossak was also born in Paris. The Battle of Olszynka Grochówska, the largest battle of the November Uprising between the Polish and Russian armies. It was fought near Grochów on the outskirts of Warsaw on 25th February 1831. |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 31, 2019 16:00:27 GMT 1
Did you know that the French artist who painted Polish Prometheus was Wojciech Kossak's godfather, Horace Vernet? Hence the French connection, given that Kossak was also born in Paris. The Battle of Olszynka Grochówska, the largest battle of the November Uprising between the Polish and Russian armies. It was fought near Grochów on the outskirts of Warsaw on 25th February 1831. Wow, I didn`t know it. Yes, again 1831. The battle was inconclusive but considering Russian superiority in men and armament, Poles tend to view it as their victory.  This picture illustrates what motive/story in Polish literature?  |
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Post by naukowiec on Jan 2, 2020 10:32:08 GMT 1
Is by Polish-Armenian artist Teodor Axentowicz ( Gęsi z pasterką). AS for motive/story, I have no idea. All I can find is something to do with St Martin's day and the best goose meat. Geese don't even appear to be that symbolic, unlike storks for example. |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 2, 2020 21:44:57 GMT 1
AS for motive/story, I have no idea. All I can find is something to do with St Martin's day and the best goose meat. Geese don't even appear to be that symbolic, unlike storks for example. It is from the famous book/story for kids about Orphan Mary and 7 gnomes by Maria Konopnicka. I never read it as a child, shame on me! But I read it to my kids on home slide film video.  Do you recognise this Polish city?  |
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Post by naukowiec on Jan 3, 2020 10:36:35 GMT 1
It is from the famous book/story for kids about Orphan Mary and 7 gnomes by Maria Konopnicka. So famous I have never heard of it!! Do you recognise this Polish city? At times I cheerfully want to murder you! It's a nice watercolour by Tytus Brzozowski called Starówka, which tells me loads!! I'm not sure, but guessing Warsaw old town? |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 3, 2020 13:27:16 GMT 1
So famous I have never heard of it!! At times I cheerfully want to murder you! It's a nice watercolour by Tytus Brzozowski called Starówka, which tells me loads!! I'm not sure, but guessing Warsaw old town? Famous among small kids in Poland - I think it is on the reading list in Polish class in lower grades. Why murder? It was a simple riddle. Tytus Brzozowski`s art is not bad. I think he deserves a seperate thread. Yes, Warsaw, coz Starówka applies to Warsaw mainly - look at St John`s Cathedral towering over the tenement houses:  |
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Post by naukowiec on Jan 5, 2020 9:01:41 GMT 1
look at St John`s Cathedral towering over the tenement houses: Yes, it is easy to see from that picture. It looked more like Warsaw than any other city to me. |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 11, 2020 22:05:22 GMT 1
Who is that lady? Famous for a few things in Polish history.  |
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Post by naukowiec on Jan 12, 2020 13:14:33 GMT 1
I don't think I'm right because I can't find a picture of her without her crown. I was thinking Jadwiga of Poland?
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 12, 2020 14:47:38 GMT 1
I don't think I'm right because I can't find a picture of her without her crown. I was thinking Jadwiga of Poland? Nope, Jadwiga died young while this lady is quite mature. But yes, she was the Queen and a very important one. But wasn`t Polish. |
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Post by naukowiec on Jan 15, 2020 19:03:21 GMT 1
Jadwiga died young while this lady is quite mature Yes, I thought about that after and she died in childbirth. Half-Polish? Anna Jagiellon? To be honest if it's not her, I doubt I'll get it. There are many important women in Polish history.... |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 19, 2020 0:08:02 GMT 1
Half-Polish? Anna Jagiellon? To be honest if it's not her, I doubt I'll get it. There are many important women in Polish history.... That is Italian born Bona at the moment of being poisoned by her trecherous courtiers back in Italy. Where are these guys going?  |
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Post by naukowiec on Jan 19, 2020 18:04:21 GMT 1
hat is Italian born Bona at the moment of being poisoned by her trecherous courtiers back in Italy. Arggh! She was the other one I thought of, but I chose Anna instead! Where are these guys going? Home after a battle maybe? I have no idea and I've drawn a blank with the painting  BTW, still can't find paintings to post without location address, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. There has to be an easier way than random searching. |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 20, 2020 21:20:01 GMT 1
Arggh! She was the other one I thought of, but I chose Anna instead! Home after a battle maybe? I have no idea and I've drawn a blank with the painting BTW, still can't find paintings to post without location address, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. There has to be an easier way than random searching. You were unlucky. But... why did you suggest Anna only instead of providing your second thought too? It is not forbidden to try to kill two birds .... Yes, after a battle or even better, a series of battles. But not home - quite the opposite. Well, the last few photos I was able to find quite quickly. What do you type when in google graphics? Try to type Polish words: malarstwo polskie, obrazy polskie, polska sztuka, malowidło polskie. etc |
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Post by naukowiec on Jan 22, 2020 23:27:32 GMT 1
why did you suggest Anna only instead of providing your second thought too? Guess I thought give one answer to one picture! But not home - quite the opposite Don't tell me they're off to another battle? Or are they being expelled from the country.......... What do you type when in google graphics? Try to type Polish words: malarstwo polskie, obrazy polskie, polska sztuka, malowidło polskie. etc OK, maybe I'll try Polish words then. I often search in Polish, but if I type Polish art into Google images in English, I get loads of Polish artwork up, but there is almost always an address when an individual link is clicked on. |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 24, 2020 12:46:09 GMT 1
Guess I thought give one answer to one picture! Or are they being expelled from the country.......... but there is almost always an address when an individual link is clicked on. No, come on, who set up such a rule? Read the News feed strip again: we don`t like too many rules here. The option of being expelled is very close. Where to? Look at the weather conditions .... You must have had bad luck recently. Check the horoscope for your Chinese Zodiac sign this year. It is the Rat year in 2020. Find out if your sign goes well with the Rat sign. Next in the meantime: What happened?  |
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Post by naukowiec on Jan 25, 2020 11:17:30 GMT 1
The option of being expelled is very close. Where to? Look at the weather conditions .. Are they being deported to Siberia? It's hard for me to tell the time frame as all I can see is coats, hats and swords. Check the horoscope for your Chinese Zodiac sign this year. Horoscopes!! Hahaha! The painting is Dirce chrześcijańska by Henryk Siemiradzki. That is Emperor Nero. The bull has been slain and the naked girl is a christian martyr? |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 25, 2020 22:53:31 GMT 1
Are they being deported to Siberia? It's hard for me to tell the time frame as all I can see is coats, hats and swords. Horoscopes!! Hahaha! The painting is Dirce chrześcijańska by Henryk Siemiradzki. That is Emperor Nero. The bull has been slain and the naked girl is a christian martyr? Yes, Siberia, after a lost rising, in military coats, guarded by soldiers with bayonetes and mounted Cossacks. hahaha it means you have never read a serious description of your Chinese sign. I read mine many years ago and was shocked it was so true. Yes, based on the motiff from Quo Vadis. steemit.com/story/@margaretwise/quo-vadis-description-of-ursus-s-fight-with-bull-story-and-my-photography
During the evening performance at the amphitheater the stands were full. The Romans did not know what would be happening today in the arena. At one moment a door opened opposite the imperial platform and Ursus stepped out into the lighted arena. The people in the stands were delighted to watch the mighty prey and the herculean arms of the giant. Ursus, not knowing what awaits him, knelt down to pray. Suddenly, the sound of trumpets, behind the grille came out a huge germane tour with Lygia tied to the horns. The entire amphitheater was quiet. Ursus suddenly rose from his knees and strode towards the savage beast.
Quickly caught the bull and grabbed him by the horns. Stretching out all his strength he held a bewildered animal. His feet dug higher up in the sand, his back bent like a tight bow, his head huddled between the shoulders, his shoulders muscles appeared so that the skin almost burst under them, but he settled the bull on the spot. "View Ursus struggling When the head of the bull began to twist in Ursus's strong hands, he gathered all his superhuman strength and turned his neck back. When the animal fell, the giant swiftly untied Lygia and took her in his arms. The Romans were mad at them, demanding that Nero give him life and return his freedom, but Ursus was not just himself, but with Lygia on his shoulders, he approached the imperial platform, gesturing to Nero for freedom for the League. Vinicius appeared in the arena and covered his naked body with his toga, then voices The people were in favor of Ursus, the League, Vinicius and their love. Nero found himself in a difficult situation, but he was a coward and was afraid of the crowd's anger, so he gave a sign of grace. The decision of the ruler of the people adopted applause - the heroes of the show were free.Have you ever seen or heard of this one? It is a fresco, recently restored.  |
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Post by naukowiec on Jan 26, 2020 9:39:28 GMT 1
hahaha it means you have never read a serious description of your Chinese sign. I read mine many years ago and was shocked it was so true Bonobo, it will be like any horoscope anywhere. I am sure many other people will read theirs, and find it to be accurate. It probably covers all aspects of life from health to good fortune. People see, read and interpret what they want to. I am afraid I am a realist! It is a fresco, recently restored. I am not getting too far with this one. It is a celestial fresco showing constellations by the look of it. I presume it is in Poland and you haven't thrown me a red herring? |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 26, 2020 20:39:14 GMT 1
Bonobo, it will be like any horoscope anywhere. I am afraid I am a realist! It is a celestial fresco showing constellations by the look of it. I presume it is in Poland and you haven't thrown me a red herring? No, it won`t be like other. I meant serious publications, not weekly horoscopes in Daily Mirror. I read Chinese Astrology and the Book of Changes I Cing by Catherine Aubier published in 1991. I still have it, am looking for it online but it`s not there. Yes, it has just been restored after Germans destroyed it in 1939 in Gdańsk. It is the Polish Sky, full of Polish symbols and allegories. |
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Post by naukowiec on Jan 26, 2020 20:56:23 GMT 1
I meant serious publications, not weekly horoscopes in Daily Mirror. I would never read the Daily Mirror, it's a comic! I Cing by Catherine Aubier Ching even! [tr][td class="content"][article] it has just been restored after Germans destroyed it in 1939 in Gdańsk. It is the Polish Sky, full of Polish symbols and allegories.
It is lovely. Whereabouts in Gdańsk is it? |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 27, 2020 19:42:35 GMT 1
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