Description
Peter Hearsey is a world-renowned
motorsport artist whose work, well-known to Duke customers, captures the speed,
passion and power of two and four-wheeled action. His latest piece, which Peter
was putting the finishing touches to as we went to press, captures perhaps one
of the most significant moments in motor racing history. It was at Silverstone
60 years ago that the modern Formula One we know today was born, and this
wonderful painting freezes in time forever the moment when modern Grand Prix
racing burst into life at the 1950 GP de l’Europe. The painting is a riot of
colour which conveys the explosive start to a new era, showing legends like
Juan Manuel Fangio, Guiseppe Farina, Luigi Fagioli and Reg Parnell in a field
dominated by Alfa Romeos and Maseratis. This print, limited to just 850,
celebrates a golden era of motor racing, as well as one of the most important
moments – The Birth of Formula One. As with all Peter Hearsey’s prints, each is
individually signed by the artist.
