Historic Car Art

Raining Champion by John Ketchell (Le Mans 1958 Ferrari TR58)

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:07:00 +0000

"Raining Champion" by John Ketchell - 1958 Le Mans - Olivier Gendenbien / Phil Hill in the winning Ferrari 250 TR58 about to overtake the 3rd placed Porsche 718 RSK Spyder of Jean Behra / Hans Hermann and 2nd placed Aston Martin DB3S of Graham and Peter Whitehead. This 40 x34" painting will be on exhibition at Retromobile, Paris and afterwards at our gallery. www.historiccarart.net

Historic Car Art at RETROMOBILE Paris

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:24:00 +0000

Visit Historic Car Art at RETROMOBILE 1-5 February 2012 Porte de Versailles, Paris. Hall 3 near the Peter Mullin Collection.

We will be showing work by Barry Rowe AFAS, John Ketchell, Roy Putt, Andrew McGeachy and Rob Ijbema along with a selection of vintage posters.

Merry Christmas!

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:21:00 +0000

Artwork from an original poster for L’ACF by Geo Ham.

Widely regarded as one of the finest automotive artists of all time, Geo Ham (Georges Hamel) was born in France in 1900. He first got work published in 1923, and by the 1930's was established as the finest in his field, being commissioned to create the fantastic Art Deco posters for the Monaco Grand Prix, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and many others. He competed in the 1934 Le Mans race in a 2 liter Derby, and although fuel problems forced him to withdrawal, his experience helped him capture the excitement of motor racing in his paintings. He died in 1972.

Original 24 Heures du Mans 1956 Race Poster with artwork by Geo Ham. See this and many other original race posters on our website.

Automotive Fine Art Prints - Book

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:58:00 +0000

Preview shows 24 pages from this 102 page book. Available in soft and hard covers.

Automotive Fine Art Prints by Historic Car Art

ERA Racing in the Isle of Man - Peter Hearsey

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:01:00 +0000

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Here is the second painting from our gallery featuring ERA. A wonderful oils on canvas by world renown artist, Peter Hearsey AFAS.

Seamans's Delage challenging Bira's ERA in the IOM, 1936. See more Peter Hearsey Original Paintings.

GT40's at Le Mans (1966)

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:09:00 +0000

Le Mans 1966 - The winning black Shelby-American Ford GT40 Mk.II sits in the pits behind the similar Holman & Moody / Essex Wire Corp. car of Ronnie Bucknum and Dick Hutcherson who finished third.

This gouache original and limited edition prints are available from Historic Car Art.

ERA R14B and ERA Art

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:32:00 +0000

You don't see many motorsport paintings featuring E.R.A... however, we have three at our gallery to celebrate the greatness of the English Racing Automobiles.

Here is the first: "Trying Hard" by John Ketchell. The First British Grand Prix at Silverstone 1948 and Bob Gerard in the 3rd placed ERA R14B.

This wonderful acrylics on canvas painting measures 40" x 32" and is still available from Historic Car Art.

I will write about the other two E.R.A pieces in the coming weeks...

Italian Grand Prix Monza 1955 Art

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:21:00 +0000

The 1955 Italian Grand Prix was run at the famous banked Monza circuit and won by Juan Manuel Fangio for Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes entered four cars for the race: two W196 Streamline cars for Fangio (No.18) and Moss (No. 16) seen below, and two standard W196 cars for Taruffi and Kling.

"Three Pointed Star" by Greg McNeill

Fangio won the race from pole position. Moss, who started in second place, retired on lap 27 with engine trouble.

The wonderful 'pop art' rendition of that famous race is by Australian artist Greg McNeill and is available, along with others, as a print from our gallery.

Blues Brothers... Bugatti 35C

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:00:00 +0000

"Blues Brothers" by Sheridon Davies. Keep those wheels turning!

Mixed Media on paper.

Juan Manuel Fangio "El Maestro"

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:56:00 +0000

Winning 5 Formula One World Championships with four different teams is still a record unbeaten today. Juan Manuel Fangio won over 46% of all his races, another unbeaten record.

Fangio's last win at the German Grand Prix of 1957, which gave him his 5th World title, is often regarded as the greatest drive in Formula One history.

This legend from Balcarce, Argentina passed away on July 17, 1995.

This fantastic pencil drawing was produced to mark the 100th anniversary of Juan Manuel Fangio's birth (24th June 2011). Cleverly produced to reflect the national racing colours and colours of the Argentinian flag and with reference to Fangio's Italian blood (the small red squares in each corner of the border).

Pen&ink and Prismacolor pencils on archival paper.

Mounted and Framed.

Artwork Size: 30 x 43cm

Framed Size: 47 x 60cm

And available from our gallery along with other great pieces by this artist.

Pedro Rodriguez and the BRM P160

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:31:00 +0000

Colour gouache study for a final larger painting.

1971 saw the arrival of the BRM P160. It won the Austrian and Italian Grand Prix in the hands of Siffert and Gethin respectively. Pedro Rodriguez drove the number 8 car seen here in the Dutch Grand Prix that year.

The race was wet, very wet and the track was treacherously wet and slippery. Ickx led from pole and as everyone else struggled Ickx and Rodriguez built up a big lead with Rodriguez moving ahead on the ninth lap.

Their duel would continue for most of the race but towards the end Ickx pulled away to win by nearly eight seconds. The two "wet-weather men" beat the rest of the field by more than one lap.

Pedro Rodriguez would die less than one month later at the Norisring Circuit in Germany in an Interserie sports car race at the wheel of a Ferrari 512M.

"Daytona Sunrise" by John Ketchell - Rodriguez wins the 1970 Daytona 24 hrs for Porsche.

Pedro Rodriguez

Motoring Art Etchings

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:07:00 +0000

An etching is no ordinary print. It is a time consuming and skilled art. Very few motoring artists work in this medium, the examples here are by Peter Hearsey - well known to Goodwood goers as the artist behind all of the Festival of Speed posters since the first event.

To produce each etching, a metal (usually copper) plate is covered with a waxy ground which is acid-resistant. The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle where he wants a line to appear in the finished piece, so exposing the bare metal. The plate is then dipped in a bath of acid, technically called the mordant (French for "biting") or etchant. The acid "bites" into the metal, where it is exposed, leaving behind lines in the plate. The remaining ground is then cleaned off the plate. The plate is inked all over, and then the ink wiped off the surface, leaving only the ink in the etched lines.
The plate is then put through a high-pressure printing press together with a sheet of paper and the paper picks up the ink from the etched lines, making a print.

As it is a hand process each inking and passing through the press will produce a slightly different print. So, within an edition each print will be unique. Eventually the plate wears so can no longer be used, or is scored through to preserve the edition.

A wide range of Peter's etchings, paintings and prints are available from our gallery.

John Surtees Ferrari 512 F1

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:54:00 +0000

The 1965 Ferrari 512 F1 car of John Surtees - 1964 World Champion.

This great image created by artist and automotive designer Frederic Dams is available in a range of sizes, including a bespoke edition printed directly onto acrylic panels in any size up to 3m!

All of Dams work is available in this format, and looks stunning.

Alan Mann Racing Twin Cam Escorts 1968

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:06:00 +0000

In 1964 Alan Mann Racing became a top Ford Factory Team sporting the distinctive racing livery of Red and Gold.

The team ran cars in events as diverse as the Monte Carlo Rally and Tour de France to Le Mans and the World GT Championship, which they won in 1965 with Carroll Shelby and the Daytona Coupe Cobra.

The iconic red and gold livery graced cars from Mk1 Escorts and Cortinas to Lightweight GT40s and the F3L prototype.

Some of the best drivers of the period from Graham Hill and Sir Jackie Stewart to Sir John Whitmore and Frank Gardner raced for the team, which achieved substantial successes in many different forms of the sport.

Title: “Follow my Leader”
Artist: Graham Bosworth
Description: Frank Gardner leads Peter Arundell in the Alan Mann Escort Twin Cams – Silverstone 1968
Medium: Gouache on board
Size: 63 x 49.5 cm including frame.

Grossglockner Climb Auto Union 1939

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:00:00 +0000

The Grossglockner High Alpine road was opened in 1935 after 5 years of construction. It links the Austrian state of Salzburg with the state of Carinthia and is named after the Großglockner, Austria's highest mountain. The alpine pass is 1,953 metres (6,407 ft) at it's highest point.

To celebrate it's opening an 'International Automobile Race' was held, in the form of a mountain climb. The race was held twice more in 1938 and 1939.

"Onwards and Upwards" by John Ketchell

This painting by John Ketchell entitled "Onwards and Upwards" shows the Type D Auto Union of Hans Stuck tackling the 1939 race.

During practice in fine weather he set a course record (still standing today) of 8:59.6 mins, an average speed of 84.7kmh. Weather on the mountain is extremely changeable and race day was windy, wet and foggy. Visibility was poor. Hermann Lang still managed to charge up the mountain at an average speed of 75kmh to take 1st place, and the mountainclimb World Championship. Stuck finished a very close 2nd.

World War II was to break out soon after, and this event was never run again.

Why not commission a piece of motoring art?

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:03:00 +0000

We work with some of Europe's best motoring artists who spend much of their time working on commissions for clients...

Click for larger image

We also work with sculptors and scratch model builders too.

Commissioning an artwork is a very rewarding experience whether it be of your own motor car or favourite motoring scene... anything is possible...

AeroShell Alfa Romeo Poster from 1933

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:02:00 +0000

Sorry for the radio silence. July was a busy month, culminating with a successful Silverstone Classic; Thank you to all our customers who visited. We were closed for the first two weeks of August, now back to catch up and prepare for Goodwood Revival on 16-18th September...

What's new? Well quite a lot. We'll kick off with this great AEROSHELL poster from the earlier 1930's celebrating Alfa Romeo's Grand Prix victory at Picardie, France in 1933. No graphics, just wonderful period typesetting and of course the very recognisable AeroShell logo.

Held on 21 May 1933 this was the 9th running of the event. Phillippe Etancelin won from pole position by 3 minutes from Raymond Sommer (also Alfa Romeo) and Marcel Lehoux driving a Bugatti T51.

This original poster measuring 58.5 x 79.5 cm is in excellent condition and is linen mounted.

Porsche 917 by Frederic Dams

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:39:00 +0000

#art #motoring #porsche
The Porsche 917... Little introduction needed here! The first racecar to give Porsche overall victory at Le Mans in 1970 and again in 1971. Famously driven by Steve McQueen in his legendary film 'Le Mans'.

This stunning piece of artwork by automotive designer Frederic Dams in available from our gallery.

Marmon Wasp - 1911 Indy 500 Winner

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:39:00 +0000

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1911 and the first Indy 500 winner - driven by Ray Harroun and the first car to be driven without a riding mechanic because it was equipped with a rear view mirror.

"Marmon Wasp" by John Ketchell

Held on May 30 1911 the first Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was a departure from the usual policy of holding a number of smaller racing meets during 1909 and 1910 racing seasons.

The single, large-scale event attracted widespread attention from both American and European racing teams and manufacturers.

Despite the controversy surrounding the result when second placed Ralph Mulford protested claiming he had lapped Harroun when the Marmon limped into the pits on a torn tire, it was by far and away the most sucessful event held to date. It quickly established itself both as the premier motorsports competition in the nation, and one of the most prestigious in the world.

Mulfords protest was denied and Harroun declared the winner. After the race, and collection of $10,000 for first place, Harroun returned to the position he had taken at the end of the 1910 racing season: retirement. He would never race again.

Targa Florio 1967 and the Ferrari 330 P4

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:08:00 +0000

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Won by the Porsche 910/8 of Paul Hawkins and Rolf Stommelen, the early pace was set by the beautiful Ferrari 330P4 of local hero Nino Vaccarella and Ludovico Scarfiotti with Vaccarella setting a fastest practice lap of 37 minutes and 12 seconds.
Unfortunately Vaccarella was to crash out on the first race lap of the event...

Targa Florio 1967 - The Nino Vaccarella / Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 330P4. Watercolour / gouache on paper by Tony Simmonds. Original painting and limited edition print available from Historic Car Art.

The same car in a painting by John Ketchell "Full Throttle". Sold but still available as a limited edition print.

Only three 330P4's were ever built, their Formula 1 derived V12 engines producing 450 hp.

Le Mans 24 hours 1953

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:03:00 +0000

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The 21st Grand Prix of Endurance took place on 13 and 14th June 1953. Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton winning for Jaguar by 4 laps from Stirling Moss and Peter Walker.

Original banner poster for the 1953 Le Mans Race.

We have one of the very rare race advertising banners, surviving it's 58 years very well indeed!

The No.18 winning Jaguar in this Gouache painting by Brian James. Original and Limited Edition Prints available from our gallery.

Bugatti 35C on the Targa Florio 1927 by John Ketchell

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:28:00 +0000

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Continuing the Bugatti theme...

"Blue Thunder" by John Ketchell

"Blue Thunder" by John Ketchell - The Bugatti 35C of Emilio Materassi on the way to winning the 18th Targa Florio 1927. Original painting and Limited Edition Prints available from our gallery.

French Blue - A Bugatti Type 43 Grand Sport

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:23:00 +0000

#motoring #art #bugatti
When introuced early in 1927, the Type 43 Grand Sport was one of the only road-going cars that could reach 100 mph. This speed was possible due to the detuned inline-8 borrowed from the Type 35B Grand Prix car that was supercharged to produce 120 bhp.

"French Blue" by Sheridon Davies

"French Blue" ...Bugatti Type 43 Grand Sport. A Disque Bleu before Monte Carlo...

Both original and limited edition print available from Historic Car Art.

Steve McQueen - Le Mans Film

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:44:00 +0000

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Le Mans. The 1971 film directed by Lee H. Katzin, and starring Steve McQueen featured footage from the actual 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans race won by Richard Attwood and Hans Hermann in the mighty Porsche 917K.

A highly collectable original poster measuring 80 x 60cm and in excellent condition.

"Storm Fast" by John Ketchell. The Attwood / Hermann winning Porsche 917K. Acrylics on Canvas.

Both available from our gallery.

Le Mans 1956 Jaguar Dunlop Victory

noreply@blogger.com (Historic Car Art) — Fri, 13 May 2011 17:09:00 +0000

Ninian Sanderson and Ron Flockhart drive the Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-type to victory by one lap from the Aston Martin DB3S of Stirling Moss and Peter Collins.

This lithographic poster was commissioned by Dunlop France to celebrate the victory. It is on much higher quality, heavier paper than was traditionally used for advertising and race posters and the colours were (and remain so) absolutely fantastic. It measures 80 x 40cm and is now a rare item, especially in this mint condition. It is, of course, available to purchase at Historic Car Art.