Alfons Alt - Bi cephalous

The horse in the picture is named "Tsar", one of the most majestic horses in the troupe. This young Trakehner, a German saddle breed, has a sporty and slender figure. His rider is none other than "Seth", an Egyptian deity who represents a complex god. In his creation, the artist offers us a game of mirrors and symmetry in which the colours blend together.

Alfons Alt accompanied the troupe of Bartabas, the founder of the equestrian theatre Zingaro, during their show "La cabaret de l'exil". The meeting of these two worlds plunges us into a dreamlike world populated by animals, nature and mythology. Alfons Alt walks on the borders of painting, photography and engraving by a process invented in the middle of the 19th century that he has updated and named "Altotype". By combining these processes, he takes us into a singular pigmented universe and gives us the opportunity to see unique creations. He says it himself: "It is exactly there that I situate myself between the reality of photography and the dreamlike world of painting with the sensuality of the material.

Selected by Retour De Voyage for one of the exhibitions on the equestrian world, this painting attracts attention.