Aviation art

[ethanedwards]

Michael Turner

Fabulous piece Tim, so much energy. I love the (seeming!) spontaneity of Michael Turner's paintings, I've enjoyed seeing his work at the Guild of Aviation Artists exhibition in London
You can see more of his and other guild artists work here -

http://www.gava.org.uk/index.cfm?page=galleries

Rufus, were you buying illustration or comics or both!? Hope you did well, especially with the favourable exchange rate.

 

[Rufus]

Evening Mr E,

I was over at the NYCC because I'm a comicbook artist. i did pic up a coupla sketches, but as I get paid in US Dollars, my spending is pretty limited these days!

I'll photograph some more paintings soon!

Keep the pictures coming!

Rufus

 

[Rufus]

Another Pino Dell'Orco cover!

 

[Rufus]

and... another!

 

[ethanedwards]

brillianr

Fabulous Rufus. I don't know which one I prefer, they're both so incredibly
good! Envy, envy, envy!
Quite liked this one too.......although I'm not sure why.

 

[Rufus]

That's a cracker! What's it from?

 

[ethanedwards]

Painting

It came from here Rufus....

http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/raaf/bomber.html


Another fantastic cover, a B17 with RAF markings - were these Coastal Command planes?

 

[Rufus]

No Idea... maybe Smithy can imform/enlighten us! Possibly artistic license?

 

[Smithy]

Another fantastic cover, a B17 with RAF markings - were these Coastal Command planes?

Yup guys the RAF (in both Bomber and Coastal Commands) did use Flying Fortresses during the war. They were used more by Coastal Command both in the Atlantic and the Far East for naval and anti-submarine patrols.

Great artwork Rufus, keep it coming.

 

[Rufus]

Cheers Smithy....I'll photograph some more soon...

I thought you'd be the man with the gen on the Coastal Command Aeroplanes!

Ruf

 

[Rufus]

Allesandro Biffignandi!

 

[Rufus]

A Graham Coton composition....

 

[ethanedwards]

lanc

Allesandro Biffignandi!

Rufus, I don't remember ever seeing these illustrators/artists credited in the comics, so it's good to see who did what. I would have to say that this is the most bizarre Lancaster I have ever seen, although illustrators are often told what to paint rather than asked! How long d'you reckon one of these took to complete?

 

[Rufus]

Most of these illustrators were doing anywhere between 1-4 paintings a week.
Fastest were Pino Dell'Orco and Biffignandi. In the 1970s, Graham coton was most prolific.

There were multiple War Library titles, Romance, Western, Spy and Sci fi books too.

By the late 60s the Pound devalued, and many of these artists started working for the States, as the Dollar was now King.(Warren Horror Comics particularly)

I tried to get The Imperial War Museum interested in an exhibition (they even sell the Comic book collections in their Gift shop), but they were disinterested.

I'll keep reapproaching the IWM, but there is a lot of snobbery from Curatorial staff (I've helped organize exhibitions at the V&A , which was a different set of nightmares!).


Another Dell'Orco!

 

[ethanedwards]

Most of these illustrators were doing anywhere between 1-4 paintings a week.
Fastest were Pino Dell'Orco and Biffignandi. In the 1970s, Graham coton was most prolific.

There were multiple War Library titles, Romance, Western, Spy and Sci fi books too.

By the late 60s the Pound devalued, and many of these artists started working for the States, as the Dollar was now King.(Warren Horror Comics particularly)

I tried to get The Imperial War Museum interested in an exhibition (they even sell the Comic book collections in their Gift shop), but they were disinterested.

I'll keep reapproaching the IWM, but there is a lot of snobbery from Curatorial staff (I've helped organize exhibitions at the V&A , which was a different set of nightmares!).


Another Dell'Orco!

I particularly like this one! - more so because the Stirling doesn't seem to feature too often. Great light and shade, I wonder if they set up models for some visual clues, or would it have been from purely photographic ref? I'm disappointed that the IWM would not be interested in showing these - because they're commercial pieces I guess they are devalued in the eyes of some people, and perhaps they don't make the grade as 'proper' art. For me at least, they easily hold up alongside contemporary aviation art, but this of course will never be more than a subjective response.
Good luck with the exhibition Rufus, would the RAF museum at Hendon be worth a try as an alternative? Thanks for posting these, great to know they have survived and are in safe hands! (didn't Rich Corben work a lot for Warren?)

 

[Rufus]

Thanks Mr E! I'll try the RAF Museum! A very good idea!

(I have lots of Infantry and Naval art as well... hence approaching the IWM).

 

[PADDY]

Mucho talent out there.

The artwork on the covers of my old Commando comics is just amazing. What talent!!

 

[Smithy]

In another thread here a member posted a painting of James Dietz and I'd forgotten how wonderful his aviation works are. He usually specialises in WWI subjects and they are gorgeous. I thought a couple of images might be enjoyed here...

 

[ethanedwards]

Very nice Tim, he's as adept with figures as with the aircraft - not all aviation
artists seem to manage this so well IMO.

 

[Smithy]

Very nice Tim, he's as adept with figures as with the aircraft - not all aviation
artists seem to manage this so well IMO.

That's very true Ethan, he is a whizz at both. I forgot to mention the first painting titled "Between Heaven and Hell" is a commissioned work for Peter Jackson (who as it happens is an enormous WWI aviation nut).