Circus Ponies

Found these while researching something else- love them! : D

Sascha Brastoff horses

Images and text courtesy of Etsy seller Stylish Ribbons
"Pottery Artist, Sasha Brastoff lived and worked in L.A. after World War II and designed pottery and sculpture during the late 40's, 50's 60's and early 70's. He had a retail store in West L.A. during much of that time that was extremely popular. ... His whimsical, stylized horses are probably the most popular collectibles. "
More info on Sascha here!
I love the way he stylizes horses here- just gorgeous lines and forms!!!

Circus girls

Argh! I can't remember where I found this awesome picture- I think it was a blog post about old theatres in LA; it's from a mural in an old movie house.

Anyway, SO gorgeous!  I love the theme of circus girls on horses...

Circus horse girls

Was inspired to do a drawing about circus horseback riding girls, and came across some awesome reference pictures I HAD to share...

1908, people! I love it! (From Shorpy.com - great vintage photos )

Following two 1890 posters from http://www.imageenvision.com 

From The Golden Circus by Kathryn Jackson, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen

(image from flickr )