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[edit] Bitwa warszawska 1920

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Miracle at Vistula

A stunning painting by Wojciech Kossak. An allegory for the Battle of Warsaw (1920) (also known as the Miracle at Vistula, see the related Featured Articles), the key battle of the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921. Since I saw this image years ago, I can't forget it - it seems to perfectly capture the very essence of that conflict.

  • Nominate and support. - Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 4 July 2005 23:18 (UTC)
  • I realize what this image may mean to you, but frankly, I doubt this "cuts it". I can barely understand what happens in the picture by looking at it, and the colors seem very unnatural to me. I'm not sure if this has to do with the photo/reproduction or if the original painting looks like this, but I don't find it appealing. Phils 5 July 2005 10:46 (UTC)
    • If you mean it is red, well, it is supposed to be like this on purpose (remember, the Red Army, the Reds, etc). Of course, what's appealing to one, may not be for the others - that's for the voting to come to determine, I guess :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 5 July 2005 14:00 (UTC)
  • support--Witkacy 5 July 2005 14:09 (UTC)
  • comment - this particular reproduction is really, really bad. The colours are flawed, the sharpness is gone... If we had a better version I would surely support it since it's one of my favourite Kossaks. However, the way it is now I abstain. Halibutt July 5, 2005 17:32 (UTC)
    • I tried searching for other versions, but couldn't find anything. Do you know what is the paintings full name and where the orginal is now? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 5 July 2005 18:22 (UTC)


  • I've found it, though it's not red at all, so I'm not sure if it's the one. Still it seems that apart of colours everything looks the same. Click the URL there and choose Drogi do Niepodległości and then picture 115. http://www.muzeumwp.pl/dodatki/dodatki.html --SylwiaS 5 July 2005 22:17 (UTC)
  • I'd support that version - brilliant painting. But I dislike the red. I can see the power of it. Have a look at the version I found, looks like it's been computer rendered - the machine gun is out of place as well. --Fir0002 July 7, 2005 12:24 (UTC)
  • Oppose, regretfully. As others said above, it is a terrible reproduction of a excellent (and featureworthy) picture. -- Chris 73 Talk 09:34, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose - the colours are utterly wrong so I can't see why this pic is on FPC! Just go to the URL above (the muzeumwp one) and you'll see how far off the colours are - Adrian Pingstone 19:09, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Not promoted +2 / -2 Insufficient support -- Solipsist 21:03, 22 July 2005 (UTC)