Aviation Artist and Author

Arado Ar196 Units Original Book Cover Art

£1,500.00

1 in stock

Description

This is the original 15″ x 11″ (38 x 28cm) illustration for Osprey’s book on Arado Ar196 Units. It depicts an unusual combat that took place during the Battle of Britain on 15 August 1940 when six Spitfires of 266 Squadron came across Arado Ar196 T3+DH flown by Hauptmann Gerrit Wiegmink (Staffelkapitan of 1./196). Wiegmink turned towards the Spitfires and fired his 20mm cannons but eventually lost the uneven fight and crashed into the sea near Dunkirk, his observer Lt zur See Dietrich Schlenker being killed. The Spitfire of Sgt Fred Hawley was also shot down during this encounter.

 

Over a period of nearly 20 years, Mark painted in the region of 150 cover art illustrations for Osprey Publishing (part of the Bloomsbury Publishing Group)

These small but highly detailed 15″ x 11″ illustrations, painted on artboard are highly collectable as the book covers themselves are seen in bookshops around the world.

We now have less than 20 of these beautiful illustrations left for sale, they’re an ideal introduction to collecting original paintings.

If you’re interested in purchasing more then one, then feel free to make an offer!

 

Print Information

Image Size:

Overall Size:

15" x 11" (38cm x 28cm)

Year Published:

2020

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