horseman

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Antonio Obá’s painting of a monk-like horseman at Mendes Wood DM, his copper-hued cloak glimmering under a turquoise sky while his gaze pierces the viewer, is a small master class in paint-handling and color theory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

“I’ve been doing this home so long, maybe I’m losing track,” he says, casting a critical eye at the headless horseman rearing above him.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

Each horseman inherits his role from an older male relative, making the cuadrillas, as the battles are called, the domain of just a few families.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024

An accomplished horseman raised in a British aristocratic family and trained at the Royal Military Academy, Wingate was also something of a rebel.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2023

Suddenly they swept up with a noise like thunder, and the foremost horseman swerved, passing by the foot of the hill, and leading the host back southward along the western skirts of the downs.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien