HISTORIC CAR ART

"Evening Shadows" by John Ketchell. 1965 Le Mans - The winning Ferrari 250LM of Masten Gregory and Jochen Rindt in front of the Shelby American Ford GT40 of Ken Miles and Bruce McLaren. Acrylics on Canvas. Size: 96.5 x 81cm (38" x 32") http://www.historiccarart.net/acatalog/John_Ketchell.html

"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

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.

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 .

#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.

#motoring 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.

#art #motoring #Le Mans #Porsche #Poster 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 .

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 .

#art #motoring #porsche The 1982 Le Mans winning Porsche 956 of Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell. This was Derek Bell's first back to back Le Mans win, his next would be 1986-87. by Graham Bosworth This gouache on watercolour board painting by Graham Bosworth is available from our gallery. Original Porsche Factory Victory Poster The Porsche 956 took all 3 places on the podium at Le Mans that year... and Porsche 935 were 4th and 5th.

#motoring #art #Mercedes Caracciola and Werner lead the 1930 Le Mans 24 Hours driving a Mercedes-Benz SSK. They retired with a flat battery. The SSK was fitted with a supercharged 7.1 litre straight 6 producing 300 horsepower... This pen / ink and watercolour wash sketch is by Frenchman François Chevalier .

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 .

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.

"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.

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...

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.

The 1970 Le Mans 24 hours is immortalized in the the Steve McQueen film "Le Mans". Much of the film footage was taken from this race. It rain heavily throughout the night, and it was the first time the traditional "Le Mans start", in which the drivers run across the track to enter their cars, was replaced by a variant in which the drivers already sat in their cars. Porsche won for the first time. "Night Vision" by John Ketchell shows 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. Original: Acrylics on Canvas. 40" x 30" Limited Edition Prints also available.