HISTORIC CAR ART

Winning 5  Formula One World Championships with four different teams is still a record unbeaten today. Juan Manuel Fangio won over 46% of all his races, another unbeaten record. Fangio's last win at the German Grand Prix of 1957, which gave him his 5th World title, is often regarded as the greatest drive in Formula One history. This legend from Balcarce, Argentina passed away on July 17, 1995. This fantastic pencil drawing was produced to mark the 100th anniversary of Juan Manuel Fangio's birth (24th June 2011).  Cleverly produced to reflect the national racing colours and colours of the Argentinian flag and with reference to Fangio's Italian blood (the small red squares in each corner of the border). Pen&ink and Prismacolor pencils on archival paper. Mounted and Framed. Artwork Size: 30 x 43cm Framed Size: 47 x 60cm And available from our gallery along with other great pieces by this artist.

#motoring #art #jaguar This year the beautiful Jaguar E-type will be 50 years old. Historic Car Art has commissioned two pieces to celebrate this at the forth coming Race Retro Historic Motorsport Show. The first is "On the Prowl" by John Ketchell. This acrylics on canvas work shows the 1961 Oulton Park GT Race  and Graham Hill about to overtake Roy Salvadori to take the maiden victory for the E-type. The second is a lovely pen, ink and prismacolour pencil drawing on coloured paper by Paul Chenard, showing the 'lightweight' racing version of the E-type. Both original works will be on show and available for purchase by the discerning Jaguar collector. For more information on original artworks and limited edition prints visit 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!

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...

An artist new to exhibiting in the UK is Paul Chenard. He will be represented at Race Retro by Historic Car Art showing alongside some of Europe's finest. This pencil and pastel drawing shows Fangio, Farina and Ascari during the 1951 Italian Grand Prix at Monza and will be one of the original pieces on show by this artist.