Jakub Rozalski is a very talented and largely unknown Polish artist who mashes up classical rural landscapes with sci-fi dystopia.

Deep in the Polish countryside, giant fighting robots do battle while peasants look on in wonder.

![a.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTwBd3ABRHBv8KNHm6JfU3WnRMYo6gKeZFsPzDWzzpWmi/a.jpg) The series is called 1920, after one of the most famous victories in Polish history. The Polish army repulsed the Soviets in the [Battle of Warsaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1920)) and won the freedom of their county for all of 20 years. ![d.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRbPrDNBY8smuxAh3NBaiHcEHwQAdfaCEqpFEBZxnv2cs/d.jpg) Rozalski re-imagines the conflict, but with the addition of giant mechanized robots. Its a fantastic concept and reminds me a bit of [Red Alert](https://cncnet.org/red-alert-2), combining history and sci-fi. ![h.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSRbdpG9YUfoes4WXoS6UdnM8ntzjx5HTGkFB4G4Rc5US/h.jpg) The Battle of Warsaw was incredibly significant for Europe & the world; it halted the Russian Revolution and drove communism back for 20 years until the Soviets made a sneaky pact with the Nazis. There is an element of pride in the way the Polish resisters are portrayed as courageous and resolute. ![i.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmerMZDQh7xTs7wH2dS35ZSW1c8ZuXvpmeXvSqk17mWq5o/i.jpg) In some pictures there is a bear. This is a nod to [Wojtek the Bear](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)), who was the official mascot of the 22nd Artillery Company, and served at Monte Cassino. ![b.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeZa7JGm8g3JDzrqxUy7pr7NfJbet4Foq1NmHmXmT7fs5/b.jpg) The mechs take the same role as the [Polish cavalry](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--XART6kC9xY/Tf6o7P7AtiI/AAAAAAAAB1k/Nmn7HemeDGE/s1600/Polish+Hussars_Battle+of+Kircholm.jpg), who were often painted in early works in a very heroic manner. Rozalski cites Kossak, Chełmoński, or Shishkin as artistic inspirations. ![k.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRGt962yq6og7AHvY7VAdfdEo6cZ2b2GYBTPgdeEw9PZu/k.jpg) There is also a Star Wars homage, as Rozalski admits to being a big fan, and as a child was blown away by the [Battle for the Planet Hoth](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_Hoth) in *The Empire strikes Back*. As a youngster, Rozalski was interested in sci-fi & fantasy, and consumed a lot of comics and videos, but also national romantic poets like [Sienkiewicz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Sienkiewicz), novelists like [J.R.R Tolkien](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien), [Stanislaw Lem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem) & [Andrzej Sapowski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Sapkowski). ![l.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZ6ochsgwLxE6ZWZvzvbsLkKrTv9XCrYeLo3dQQQQoJeq/l.jpg) At school, learning about World War 2 was almost all of what history was about, and he grew fascinated in the conflict that had ravaged his homeland within the memory of his grandparents. ![g.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYUvei6WpAjti8LDaGEpuCzc9CBvQMjTHkEnoQsJpX9Tf/g.jpg) He grew up in a small rural village, near Szczecin, and first started the painted forests and fields around him as a boy. He said he was always bad at painting people, so he started putting mechs in his images. Since then his skills have come long way, and he is starting to make a name for himself in the sci-fi and arts world. ![c.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQma2icN8Y7GGPHbx79szUUm5W6FTC5Y9qfxdQUyXMB7A6g/c.jpg) ![e.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSSvxQLUF3rh9H1fShFo4UnfvXztwSGbMWSFYpXhZN4io/e.jpg) ![f.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmc3gAht7P1U8tJbgDi1jdkTXmj6YXi6VDbfqJP6CcR1au/f.jpg) ![j.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZodjw1SWbxrFmTaN5qwAqam5WoNv3wsZzkLBTs7QMAoR/j.jpg) ![l.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZ6ochsgwLxE6ZWZvzvbsLkKrTv9XCrYeLo3dQQQQoJeq/l.jpg) ![m.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXFqckbF7W4hnwASqgtZjFZfHdmYNFo8cJ9qJ4HzfE1oQ/m.jpg) ![n.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUmEmkzCMWsYzvLHVg6Fqwe7oPB1Dh2ixS9nccN73vkXM/n.jpg) ________________________________________________________________________________________

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