Artist friend Nance McManus sent me this wonderful image by the 20th century Russian artist Ivan Bilibin. I wasn’t aware of him, but there is a lot on Wiki here, including many wonderful paintings and other images. I won’t be owning one soon– Sotheby’s asking price for “The Hunt” was in the middle hundreds of …
Tag: Russia
Gorbatov
Al Gates has a new gallery of vadim Gorbatov with old photos and links.
Greener Guns and Books
The first William Greener started an English gunmaking dynasty that still lives on. (English guns at least have not yet declined and fallen, though affording a new one can be difficult). I own one of Greener’s products, a 10- bore Damascus duck gun from the 1880’s, still in service. (I got it from the vaults …
Good Stuff #3: Vadim Gorbatov
Vadim Gorbatov has been in Cambodia. Here is a mere taste. Butterflies & temple Gibbon clouded leopard (For more on Neofelis, see Darren).