HISTORIC CAR ART

By Paul Chenard. #Motoring #Art This fantastic sketch using pen & ink, markers, and pencil on archival white paper is by talented Canadian artist Paul Chenard. It shows the German Grand Prix winning Type-A Auto Union of Hans Stuck at the Nurburgring in 1934 being followed by 2nd placed Luigi Fagioli in his Mercedes-Benz W25. There were 35 Grand Prix that year ; 6 designated "Grandes Épreuves" - the German Grand Prix was one of them. This original drawing is available from Historic Car Art along with other work by Paul Chenard. The image will form the cover of Paul's limited edition art book on the 1934 Grand Prix season - available in early 2011... reserve your copy now!

Early hand coloured lithograph. #art #motoring The grand father of motoring art Ernest Montant (1879-1909) is credited with inventing many artistic techniques, including speed lines and the deliberate distortion of perspective by bending and foreshortening the image in order to create the illusion of movement and speed. In 1907 he printed a series of 31 lithographs, each hand coloured , and bound them into a portfolio book which he titled "Dix Ans de Courses". Very few copies of this rare book survive complete. Quite rare too are the lithographs that were once contained in these portfolios. We have some examples in the gallery and they are beautiful. They are over 100 years old and the colours are still wonderful. The example above shows the 60hp Lorraine-Detriech of Duray on the 1907 Moscou-Saint-Petersbourg race.

The latest painting by John Ketchell. #Art #Motoring "Old Number One" Le Mans 1929 - The winning Bentley Speed Six of Woolf Barnato and Henry 'Tim' Birkin. Acrylics on Canvas. 40" x 32" Original painting and limited edition prints both available from Historic Car Art.

A humorous and highly sort after lithograph from the turn of the 20th Century. Does this gentleman persuade his tennis playing love to come for a ride in his latest motorcar?.... Colour lithograph after Georges Meunier (French, 1869-1942). Signed in the plate. Published by Sagot and printed by Chaix, Paris, 1905 Size: 390 x 560mm (approx) 22 x 15½in This and other early 20th Century lithographs are available from Historic Car Art .

This latest watercolour by Tony Simmonds beautifully depicts the pits at the 48th Targa Florio. The eventual winning Porsche 904GTS of Colin Davis and Antonio Pucci is parked alongside the Scuderia Filipinetti entered Ferrari 250 GTO. Watercolour on paper. Image Size: 65 x 45cm (25.5 x 17.75 inches). Also available as a limited edition print. Both available from Historic Car Art .

The Targa Florio was started in 1906 by the wealthy pioneer race driver and automobile enthusiast, Vincenzo Florio. The 1970 race saw the fastest ever lap of the 45 mile road circuit. In practice Leo Kinnunen lapped in Porsche 908 in 33m 36secs (average speed of 79.9mph). The race was won by Brian Redman and Jo Siffert driving a Porsche 908. 1970 54th Targa Florio Poster Artist: F Gordon-Crosby Size: 70 x 99.5cm Condition: A- This wonderful original poster is available from Historic Car Art.

"Night Vision" - The Ferrari 512S entered by N.A.R.T. in the Coda Lunga version for Sam Posey and Ronnie Bucknum charging through the heavy rain and darkness to eventually finish 4th overall and first of the 11 entered Ferrari 512S. Now available as a limited edition print from £39.

Tazio Nuvolari walks with his Alfa Romeo 'Tipo B' P3 from the paddock to start the 1935 French Grand Prix at Montlhéry. Against very strong Mercedes and Auto Union competition Nuvolari lead from lap 8 until on lap 14 he suffered transmission failure and retired, having set the fastest lap... 1935 French Grand Prix by Barry Rowe This wonderful painting by Barry Rowe is available as a limited edition print .

"Windswept" is the last remaining painting available for sale from a series painted over the spring and summer for our exhibitions. This 12" x 8" oils on watercolour board painting is framed to an overall size of 16" x 12" and is available from our gallery . A number of Roy's humorous paintings have been made into prints and greetings cards (below) and are also available from Historic Car Art.  "Windswept" by Roy Putt. Open top motoring ruins a girls hair... Oils on Watercolour Board.  Greetings Cards:

Archie Scott Brown - Lister Jaguar The Last Race - Spa Grand Prix May 19th 1958. A tribute to one of the greatest racing drivers. Battling hard with Mastern Gregory driving the Ecurie Ecosse Lister Jaguar, they swapped the lead between them inches apart. The competition was so fierce that Archie dented his cars' nose on the rear of the Ecosse car on lap three. With Archie leading on lap six they arrived at the Seaman bend to find the track slick with rain, the right hand front wheel of Archies Lister hit a road sign snapping the track rod causing a disasterous accident - this great driver died from his injuires the next day. This sculpture is strictly limited to 9 castings, and available from Historic Car Art .

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Now here's a strange piece... Original artwork for 'Pneu Continental' presumably for some sort of advertisement. By the looks of it possibly dates to around 1910. Not quite sure of the relevance of the pig being dragged across the road by it's hind leg... Gouache on artboard ...does it show off how wonderful the grip tyres is? Assume automobile occupants and pig escaped unhurt... Anyway, if it's your bag then it is available from our gallery ; you'll never see another!

Mike Hawthorn drove Jaguar MkVIIM LWK 343 to victory in the 1955 International Production Touring Car Race at Silverstone. Two similar cars followed him home to make it a Jaguar 1st, 2nd and 3rd and winning them the team prize. The second placed car was driven by Jimmy Stewart, elder brother of Jackie. Original Jaguar Victory Showroom Poster  98.5 x 76cm and conservation linen mounted.

Mark Donohue was already the Can-Am drivers champion by the time he won this race at Leguna Seca, his 5th of the 1973 season. Driving the Penske run Porsche 917/30, one of the most powerful racing cars ever produced. The 917/30 had up to 1580bhp and could do 0-200mph in 10.9 seconds! Porsche always celebrated their victories with wonderful graphic posters. Here's the one for this race: Original Porsche Factory Poster - October 1973 Original Poster Size: 30 x 40 inches Condition: A and available from our gallery .

This day 38 years ago (1972) Crystal Palace held it's last race meeting: Original Poster for the 1957 Whit Monday meeting featuring great Lotus XI artwork by Raymond Groves. Limited Edition Print by Graham Bosworth " Romulus " shows Prince Bira driving his ERA R2B 'Romulus' to victory in heat 1 of the R.R.C. Crystal Palace Cup - July 1939.

Well, it's been a few weeks since our last post what with exhibitions and holidays it's all been quite busy!  Here's a new piece of art to start you off... Jim Clark was leading the 1967 Italian Grand Prix at Monza after starting from pole in his Lotus 49 when a tyre punctured. He lost an entire lap while having the wheel changed in the pits. Rejoining sixteenth, Clark ripped back through the field, progressively lowering the lap record and eventually equalling his pole time of 1m 28.5s, to regain the lost lap and the lead. He was narrowly ahead of Brabham and Surtees starting the last lap, but his car had not been filled with enough fuel for such a performance: it faltered, and finally coasted across the finish line in third place. Jim Clark is shown at this race in this wonderful Gouache, ink and watercolour painting by well known AFAS member Craig Warwick which measures 49.4 x 42cm.

We've been busy adding more wonderful original posters to our inventory. Some are already sold! One great addition is this large format poster for the 34th Italian Grand Prix at Monza. It measures 140 x 100cm. Starting from Pole position John Surtees driving for Ferrari was to retire on lap 16 with a blown engine. Leaving Jim Clark to win for Lotus and become World Champion with 3 races still left to run. Richie Ginther and Bruce McLaren made up the podium.

So, we're all packed up and ready for Le Mans Classic 2010! If you're visiting come and see us on stand 67/68 (in V2). We have some great new pieces of automotive art by John Ketchell, Graham Bosworth, Paul Chenard, Barry Rowe, Tony Simmonds, Sheridon Davies to name but a few. Some wonderful original posters added to our collection for the event too. If you can't visit Classic Le Mans then how's about coming along to Silverstone Classic? We're there too, just 10 days after getting back from Le Mans... phew!

This is the very first painting by talented Canadian artist Paul Chenard. It features the winning Matra-Simca MS670 #15 of Henri Pescarolo and Graham Hill, followed by the second place MS670 #14 of François Cevert and Howden Ganley. The third Matra-Simca is the MS660C #16 of Jean-Pierre Jabouille and David Hobbs. Latex paint on oak board. Size: 105.4 x 46.8cm (unframed) Want to know what's really remarkable about this work? "I started thinking about doing a painting, but I can't really afford artists materials; the paints, brushes and canvas. So I went out and bought some brushes, and decided to use our leftover house paint on a piece of leftover premium plywood. Because I don't have a studio, I did it on my hands and knees on the basement floor in our little junk room with the washer and dryer ... cozy!" said Paul. The sign of a good artist - can produce a great piece of art from anything! Buy the original or a limited edition print from our gall...

COLLAGE is Jackie Stewart's chronicle of an incredible motor racing career: photographs, press cuttings, pit passes, memorabilia bring to life a halcyon decade in Formula One. Historic Car Art is proud to have been selected as one of the few exclusive outlets for this fabulous limited edition book. COLLAGE is winning positive reviews all over the world. From The Times of India which calls the Formula One album "lavish" to London, The Daily Express yesterday described the work as "magnificent", before predicting, "It will soon become a collector's item." Motorsport News concludes, "This is a sumptuous book that offers a real insight into both Stewart's career and the development of motorsport through the years." Only 1,500 copies of COLLAGE will ever be created. Each numbered book is traditionally leather-bound by hand, and individually signed by the motor racing legend himself, Sir Jackie Stewart. Those wishing to order a c...

Le Petit Parisien 1910 calendar. What a lovely thing to have hanging on your wall... OK, it's a little out of date, but hey, isn't it worth it for this great piece of 100 year old art? Just don't make too many plans by it!  Size: 30.5 x 24.5cm. Would you like it on your wall?

This weekend sees the 78th running of the famous Le Mans 24 Hours. 40 years ago this weekend two Belgian drivers Olivier Gendebien and Paul Frère won for Ferrari driving the 250 TR59/60. This wonderful and rare 50 year old poster for the 1960 event was a break from the Beligond art of 1958 and 1959 and shows the start of the 1959 race in photographic format. the No. 8 Ecurie Ecosse Tojeiro Jaguar of Ron Flockhart and John Lawrence in the forground, and the No. 5 and No. 6 Aston Martin DBR1's that were to finish 1st and 2nd. Beligond art was to return for the 1961 poster.

Remember the earlier blog post on the Barry Rowe paintings and Monaco 1929? Well both are now available as limited edition giclée prints. Limited to just 75 copies on 308gsm 100% cotton paper and 19 on canvas, each print is signed, numbered and titled by the artist. The First Monaco Grand Prix Image Size: 50.8 x 37.5cm Overall Size: 57 x 45cm Bugatti Pits 1929 Image Size: 50.8 x 32.8cm Overall Size: 57 x 40cm Available later in the week from our website or now via email (found on our profile page ).

The latest vintage poster to arrive at the gallery is this fantastic piece of promotion for the 1954 Belgian Grand Prix. After 36 laps of 14.1km (old) Spa-Francorchamps circuit and 2¾ hours of racing Juan Manuel Fangio brought his Maserati home to victory from Pole position.Nino Farina (Ferrari) qualified third but retired on lap 14 with a blown engine having given Fangio a hard race for the lead. Why is this worth a mention? He had his arm in plaster!! Following a crash in the Mille Miglia.

"Watching the Race" by Tony Simmonds: The Targa Florio 1967 - Relaxing in the Sicilian sun whilst the #220 Scuderia Filipinetti Ferrari 330 P3/4 of Herbert Müller and Jean Guichet speeds past on the dusty road. It was to retire on lap 7 with a broken diff. Original watercolour painting and limited edition print available.

Roy Salvadori in the Aston Martin P214 leads Mike Parkes in the Ferrari 250GTO during the Coppa Inter-Europa at Monza in September 1963. Lap after lap the pair battled for the lead, rarely more than a second apart. Finally, Salvadori pulled away to win by seconds. This was the last great victory for David Brown's Aston Martins. This lithographic print from the painting by Keith Woodcock is long out of print - it was signed by Sir David Brown and Roy Salvadori... We have one copy, an artist's proof. Hurry!

This lovely poster arrived at our gallery this week. Great image for this French race using only the colours of the Tricolor, oh and black... This was a Formula 3 race and was held at  Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry just outside Paris. The race was won by Briton Charles Crichton-Stuart driving a Brabham BT-10 entered by Stirling Moss Auto Racing Team (S.M.A.R.T. ?? :-))...

The Alfa Romeo 158/159, also known as the Alfetta was one of the most successful racing cars ever produced. It won it's first race in 1938 and was still winning in 1953! In "Four Ever Alfa" by Sheridon Davies the team cars are seen in the paddock at the British Grand Prix in May 1950 where they took the first three places. Giuseppe Farina (No.2) won, Luigi Fagioli (No.3) 2nd and British guest driver Reg Parnell (No.4) 3rd. Car No.1 driven by Juan Manuel Fangio retired. Farina went on to win the first Drivers' World Championship in 1950. Fangio and Fagioli took second and third places. NEW : Available as a limited edition print .

Today I have this great original poster for the 1969 race at Montjuïc. It seems that, like yesterdays race, it was another dull Spanish Grand Prix. Jackie Stewart won, finishing two laps ahead of second placed Bruce McLaren! The race was held here again in 1971 - Jackie Stewart took his third straight victory. This time by only 3 seconds from Jackie Ickx Ferrari. This race was the first Formula One race to use slick tyres (Firestones). In this painting by Tony Simmonds the No. 4 Ferrari of Belgian Jacky Ickx chases the winning No.11 Tyrell-Ford of Jackie Stewart...

Next weekend is the F1 Monaco Grand Prix. Like many European races, the Monaco Grand Prix predates the current World Championship. The principality's first Grand Prix was organised in 1929 by Anthony Noghès, under the auspices of Prince Louis II, through the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM). Alexandre Noghès, Anthony's father, was founding president of the ACM, originally named Sport Vélocipédique Monégasque. The ACM made their first foray into motorsport by holding the Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo in 1911. In 1928 the club applied to the Association Internationale des Automobiles Clubs Reconnus (AIACR), the international governing body of motorsport, to be upgraded from a regional French club to full national status. Their application was refused due to the lack of a major motorsport event held wholly within Monaco's boundaries. The rally could not be considered as it mostly used the roads of other European countries. William Grover-Williams at the 1929 Monaco Grand Pr...