HISTORIC CAR ART

The 1000km of Spa, 1971. Having started from pole the No. 20 Porsche 917K of Jo Siffert and Derek Bell finished 2nd behind the winning similar car of Pedro Rodriguez and Jackie oliver (No.21). None of the three Ferrari 512 entered finished the race... "917 v 512" by Rob Ijbema . Acrylics on Canvas (28" x 20").

The Peter Lindner / Peter Nöcker Lightweight  E Type Jaguar at speed on Mulsanne straight - Le Mans 1964. Jaguar built just a dozen of the famous all aluminium Lightweight E-Types for racing. Of these, just this one was modified by the Jaguar factory for owner Peter Lindner, the German Jaguar importer, to Malcolm Sayer's Low Drag body design. This oils on box canvas painting "Mulsanne Dusk" by Graham Bosworth measures 76 x 46cm and is available from our gallery . Read about this cars restoration by Classic Motor Cars .

#f1 #art Today would have been Ayrton Senna's 51st birthday (Born 21st March 1960). The Brazilian took three World Champtionships with McLaren in 1988, 1990 and 1991 and had a record 65 pole positions. His life ended tragically at the third race of the 1994 season at Imola. Senna's helmet was Yellow (or fluorescent yellow, when his lotus was with the JPS Livery) with a Dark green stripe and a Navy blue stripe running from the visor across the helmet- a reference to the national colours of Brazil. This wonderful painting by renown motoring and aviation artist Keith Woodcock is a tribute to this great racing driver.

#poster #f1 #motoring Won by Jim Clark for Lotus by over a minute after leading from pole position to the finish. Tony Maggs was second for Cooper and Graham Hill third for BRM. Clark also took fastest lap (2:21.6). Jim Clark went on to win 7 of the 10 races that season and be crowned World Champion. Here we have an original poster for the event. Officially named: 49e Grand Prix de l'A.C.F. Michel Beligond (1927-1973) produced yet another stunning piece of artwork for this poster. Printed by Thivilliers it measures 40 x 59cm and is conservation linen mounted. Condition: A (excellent/very good colours) and of course available from our gallery .

#motoring #antique #art Georges Boillot (1884-1916) driving his No. 22 Peugeot L76 to victory in the 1912 French Grand Prix. Depicted below in this wonderful hand-coloured pochoir lithograph by M. Campion dating from the period. Campion was one of many artists working for the great Ernest Montaut Studio in Paris. Original hand-coloured pochoir lithograph, 1912. Boillot's Peugeot was the first motorcar in the world to have an engine with two overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. The following year he became the first driver to win the race twice. Georges Boillot (1884-1916) With the outbreak of WW1 Boillot  joined the new French Air Force. During this time he won the Croix de Guerre and the Legion d'Honneur. On April 21, 1916 his plane was shot down in a dogfight over Verdun-sur-Meuse, although he survived this he was badly injured and died soon after in hospital.

#Ferrari 312PB. #motoring #art The 1971 1000kms of Nurburgring and the Ferrari 312PB driven by Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni. "Out of the Red" by John Ketchell The pair put the car on pole with a time of 7:36.1 but unfortunately did not finish due to overheating problems. The race was won by Vic Elford and Gérard Larrousse driving the Porsche 908/03. Original Poster for the event Both the original poster and painting by John Ketchell are available from Historic Car Art .

#f1 #art The Bugatti T51 of Achille Varzi (No.10) and the Alfa Romeo Monza of Baconin Borzacchini blast away from the start of the 1933 Monaco Grand Prix. Varzi was to win the race, with Borzacchini second 2 minutes behind. These were the only two cars to complete 100 laps, that's almost three and a half hours of racing around the streets of Monaco! The 1933 Monaco Grand Prix was the first GP at which practice times decided the starting grid. Before this it was decided by ballot... "Monaco Grand Prix 1933" by Andrew McGeachy. Acrylics on Canvas. 100 x 70cm. Available from Historic Car Art .

#art #motoring #crufts Something to make you smile on a Friday morning... An oils on watercolour board artwork entitled "Brake Fade". The amusing description reads "Beware the sharp right hand bend by the village pond, 1935." This latest humorous work by Roy Putt was shown for the first time at Race Retro 2 weeks ago to much acclaim. Soon to be available as a limited edition print , and already as a greetings card . More information on the original painting here .