Awesome art deco- thanks for sharing! :) And have you checked out the Photography Story Challenge? Go continue the story!

Hey! I got no ebot for this one ! I almost missed it!

wonderful again out of your series !!

This reminds me of my Grandma, born 1881 into a family of mainly boys and keen to do anything they did. She rode a penny-farthing, then an ordinary bicycle, and ended up driving the car which her father bought in 1913 when his carthorse died. The terrified geese show us how scary this must have been to see a woman riding a motorbike!

These shots are brilliant BB, what a good job you have done in rescuing them.

Kool Duck wrangling style, that classic Motor bike must have been pretty noisy to scatter the Geese like that ! Fine rescue and capture BB ! ~Cheers~

I just love these !!

Awesome picture.

Ah, nothing like a ride in the country abusing the geese! I like the couple in the background looking on with apparent shock at seeing a woman on two wheels.

i know this commercial and i still love it! Masterpiece of Art Nouveau and your picture too!!

A wonderful series! Thanks for sharing!

You know, I think, because there is no bell on the bike, instead they used the geese in order to warn that she was coming. At the other hand, she is such a wonderful and beautiful appearance, so everyone will dislocate his neck to keep looking at her with admiration. She also is a BB, namely "Bike Beauty". Fantastic colors and mood on this photo, Brigitte; and I like the two old people in the background, its cute and so very charming this.

Really cool!

wonderful series!!

Another awesome piece. Must of been odd to see a lady ride a bike. No bells and whistles and No brakes according to the scattering geese. A cute and funny image done by a very creative artist. Thanks for sharing.

WONDERFUL CREATION

Beautiful bit of art nouveau in this lovely image, Brigitte. I like the geese scattering about. But I'm surprised they misspelled motorcycle. In fact, it looks just like a regular bicycle, and not a motorcycle. Also, it's not a true female model bicycle with that tube running horizontally between her thighs toward the seat. Okay, I know, picky, picky, picky.

I'm so pleased you are letting us see more of these so beautifully drawn old images. I love them too. Great expressions on the geese faces.

This is outstanding!! Love the series!!

Beautiful Brigitte!

Beautiful art! I am so glad that you saved them, Brigitte!

I am impressed with the quality of these postings. Love this image. Dana

Ah Nouveau if you look you will see the throttle on the frame. I woman not riding sidesaddle would be a scandal in that time. The artist is Théophile Alexandre Steinlen usually known as Steinlen. this is an info site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9ophile_Steinlen Great art and great photo BB

Great shot of this! :o)

Count me among your nostalgic Art Nouveau fans as well. I do love too. The geese have such character each one. I love it.

Add me to the list of those who love this! Wonderful image and capture! I love the scene of disruption of the familiar rural scene, by a modern, smart young lady on a newfangled contraption. (Armageddon was obviously just around the corner with SUCH goings on!)

Brigitte this is beautiful.

One of these days, I'd like to come here and comment on just your art pieces (I mean, pieces you make from works of art---like this series). They're worthy of a separate visit. But for now I'll do a couple from this beautiful series. It's not easy to photograph art, but you got all the details of this famous print, and managed to do so even though it's printed on wallpaper, with all its 'intrusive' textures (intrusive on the original design, not intrusive in its own right). (I think the original was a lithograph...I don't remember.) I know it's a 3 wheeled vehicle (a tricycle), I know Comiot was the maker of the tricycle, and I know that she's driving in the countryside---as shown by those beautiful simple drawings of the houses back there, a town in the upper left (with a church, maybe?), and those two people slightly bent over, watching the 'modern' woman drive by on her tricycle. (And maybe scaring away their geese, lol.) This was from a time when women were breaking loose, at long last, from the shackles of male dominated society; and seeing a woman drive a bicycle or tricycle, esp alone, was still a radical sight. Maybe that's why the onlookers are bent over...The artist (feinlein? steinlein? I don't remember the name, mea culpa) renders her long skirt with real detail; and the lines of the metal (on the tricycle) are remarkably well done. And the expressions on the geese probably mimic the feelings of society, in general, to seeing a woman this free at that transitional time. He uses beautiful oranges for her blouse---probably much stronger in the first editions---which helps her stand out. And also that typical sculpted art nouveau lettering. So good to see pieces like this in your gallery. It's always heartening to see us artists celebrate the art that was here long before we came along.