Postcrossing card from Russia (January 2018)
Artist: Victoria Kirdyi
From John in England, April 2018
In Captivity [Unicorns]
Artist: Vaclav Vaca
As art/illustration cards are on my wishlist at Postcrossing, I receive quite a few of that kind; and I often manage to sneak them in under all kinds of Postcards for the Weekend themes… 
15 comments:
I really like them both. But gosh, I ADORE the first one from Russia!!! It has to be my favorite of all the cards you have shown this year.
I wonder if there ever was a species similar to unicorns?
I don't think you have shown these before, either. The unicorn has a Rennaissance look about it, but I suspect it is actually a relatively modern picture playing with the elements of style of that period.
love that first post card, so much to see in it. trapped inside a crown, poor unicorn...
I'm very sure you haven't shown both cards from before and I'm very grateful you finally did! Thank you very much. These are soooo pretty!!!!
I also like illustration cards. Unicorns seem very fashionable lately: I see them everywhere! This representation of one of them seems very good to me.I'd like to see it in person.
Ginny, you say that every time :D But yes, I love it too!
I think people have been asking that since very ancient times, Sandi - but hard to tell from the earliest sources what kind of animal was really referred to. :)
Meike, the artist Vaclav Vaca was born 1948 in Chzechoslovakia but later moved to Canada. He's referred to as a surrealist artist.
The unicorn image is indeed intriguing - so many possible symbols all in one...
Glad you liked them, Maria :)
Good luck with that, Eva... (Next train to Hogwarts?)
Actually, I meant to see the painting, not the unicorn... ;-)
;-) Eva, alas there is no info on the card of where the original is kept - or how big it is. You can find more works by the artist online by googling his name, though - including more unicorns!
I liked the fun and whimsy particularly of the first card.
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