HISTORIC CAR ART

Title: “Varzi 1934” Artist: Barry Rowe Description: Achille Varzi Alfa P3 Circuito di Biella 1934. Medium: Acrylics on canvas board. Size: 33 x 28.5cm incl. frame. Available from our gallery:   http://www.historiccarart.net/

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.

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 .

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 ).

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...