Lives lost and then found images

incredible pictures and their survival is amazing.

Thank goodness you found them, a harsh life they lived through Katarina, you have a treasure there......

I do not think so :) I found that many contemporary historians of the art do not know about him. Absolutely nothing. He was erased from the history. The only woman who was able to name some of the parts, but many of them even she did not know, was curator of a small gallery in the town where he lived.

Beautiful prints Katarina, and such a sad story. i am glad you have them safe.

Do you Keep Bees now Katarina?

No, Pimpernel. Bees need patience and time. But as I already wrote here somewhere, wild swarm of bees has settled in my garden and there are no tools how to get rid of them. So I learned to cohabitate with them :)

Those were very sad and upseting times in our countries Katarina. We were lucky we were born much later. You got really treasures in your house. Hope one day you'll be able to learn bit more about the author.

Kasia, I wasn´t born much later :) I lived 25 years in that wonderful regime, which gave so much to present politicians and millionaires :)

What a truly heart rending story , it's amazing that the pictures survived for so long , do you still have them Kat ,? they are brilliant works of art , it seems impossible that there could have been more than one priest at that time doing such works of art in prison , I wonder that they are not in an art gallery . Thank you for showing them to us .. it's such a sad story .......

Sad story about your Godfather Kat..beautiful pictures..what a great find for you..:o)

Brought tears to my eyes just staring at the pictures, I feel something..as if I were there myself once..don't know why.

ooh Michaella ...now thats spooky...are you ok..

I just noticed Katarina that there is a snail in the Mystic print..Snails seem to be in lots of your blogs.

aww..thank you Joanella...those were the days for me...I have had visions like that in my life, not anymore though :)))

:o))

Very interesting Katarina - those pictures are beautiful

We canfind things we don't expect when clearing the houses of our relations. These are wonderful, and they've got an interesting story behind them. Thanks for showing them.

What lovely pictures. I do hope that someday you will find somebody who knows more about them. Thank you for sharing.

Good morning, Amy. Yes, I have all pictures, I keep them as family treasury :) I don´t think the author got paintning tools in the prison. He was painting during all his life, and some of these pictures were recognised by the gallery as those belonging to a large cycle called "Woods". Most of it was painted before the WWII.
Michaella, I can pretty understand your feelings. The same I had on Vienna exhibition of old Egypt art, I was temted to cry, as all those things were so familiar with me :) :) Good art evokes emotions in people and that is good.
Pim, you have bright eyes :) I made photos of a poorer quality because of light reflections so many details are blurred, but you noticed the most important symbol of mystic - the snail :)

You are wellcome, Nariz. There are some more to share. Maybe later.:)

Amazing pictures (feels like a very sad person drew them).

Your poor Godfather, bad times.

Kat. Your writings are very Graphic thanks for sharing that piece of your history which hopefully can now be kept for future generations.

These pictures are so powerful..I cannot seem to look at them for too long anymore...they are awesome, real and sad at the same time. There are certain things in life which captures me and I tend to go many many years back as if I were there long before my birth.

:) I hope Michaella, you were never exposed treatment like these people had here. That is why I consider everything connected with secret services here and there to be just awful game with lot of victims.
I will sned for you another picture, which will make you smile. Have a look in the evening.

Thank you Brian. Just explain me what do I do? What is writing graphic, please?

amazing works of art Katarina, so lucky that they have survived like this, wonderful..

Katarina. < graphic >
Giving a clear and effective picture of what you describe.

Thank you, Surreylad. Brian, writing is my hobby after garden :) Amy was so kind and she already explained me the graphic writing. Well, somebody paints wonderfuly - like you, somebody tries to write graphicaly, lol.

What wonderful texture these pictures have. they could almost be embroideries. And what a sad story of your godfather, but you have treasured memories of him too.
Keep them all safe!

Thank you, Sandy :)

Your ancestor is a hero for me Katarina, Im very glad that your a part of them and very thankful the old story was freshly remembered and perfectly kept these pictures!

Thank you, Junna. Cemeteries are full of heroes and newspapers full of liars, :)