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

"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

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.

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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

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

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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)

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

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...