Today’s Bond Poster. There’s nothing quite as cool Sean Connery flying the aircraft with his toes, just being very cool while everything explodes around him! From the film ‘You Only Live Twice’, this poster is the artwork by the exemplary action poster painter Frank McCarthy. You can own your own version at £2,250 – here,…
Tag: Technology
Bright Prop
A fine art Mural today. ‘Propeller’, Air Pavillion, 1937 by Sonia Delaunay. From the Tate exhibition notes: “Sonia and Robert were both invited to contribute to the 1937 Paris Exhibition, a project that would take up much of their time and energy over the best part of two years. Entitled The International Exhibition of Arts and…
Massed Mercs
A wartime advertisement by Mercedes Benz. What’s interesting, I think is the style and approach is similar to many other advertisements, showing the massed ranks for the company’s vehicles (here the half track and staff cars from the company, and the Heinkel He 111 bombers powered by Daimler Benz engines). However, the knowledge that the…
Ice Arrow
Not one I saw coming but right on theme. At Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in this year’s current Winterlude festival, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) have presented this photo (by Aviator Jérôme Lessard) of a remarkable sculpture of the Canadian-designed, cancelled interceptor the Avro Arrow. Remarkable work. James Kightly, Vintage Aero Writer. Via the RCAF…
Stop Worrying
Today’s Poster. In memory of artist and satirist Tomi Ungerer, who died yesterday, the 9 February 2019. The film ‘Dr Strangelove’ is way too complex to tackle here, but here is the poster, by Ungerer. Although it’s not his strongest work in my opinion, and highlights some of the less critical elements that made the…
Rare Gloster
Today we have a magazine cover. According to this listing, it’s the October 1937 issue of Air Stories. As well as the delightful story titles and bylines ‘Recording Officer’ and ‘Finger of Death’, the cover illustration is something that just jumped out at me as soon as I saw this on the internet. While it…
Sketchy
Watermarked by the modern Flight Global, this artwork dates to the 1936 ‘Flight’ magazine. Featuring sketches of details from the 1936 Society of British Aircraft Manufacturer’s products at the S.B.A.C. show of that year. These kind of pen and ink sketches, as well as being engaging illustrations, also are an effective way of the art…
Polish Knights
Today’s Poster. The invasion of Poland in September of 1939, by Nazi Germany and soon after, Stalin’s Soviet Russia, was the start of what became known as the Second World War. (China and Japan had been fighting in 1937, and the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan brought the USA into the war in 1941.)…
Miss Icarus
Today’s Cover. An Art-Deco style cover of US magazine ‘The Alexander Aircrafter’ from November 1928, artist signed ‘Olsen’. The figurine, initially seeming to be a spirit or goddess, has wings held on by straps, implying a more human origin – in theory. I doubt the intent is she was to follow the original Icarus’ fate….
Empire Boat Cutaway
Our last post of January, and a special one. It’s a copy of an original of a well known image from the very brief era of the Imperial Airways and Qantas Short C Class flying boats. This original example was available from Christies, the auctioneers in 2012, sold for £2,500! There’s several things about this…
A Year of Aviation Illustration & Art 