Robert Taylor: Air Combat Paintings Vol III

Author(s): Charles Walker

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Widely regarded as the world's leading aviation artist, Robert Taylor is renowned for the sweeping panoramic scale of his air combat paintings and his remarkable precision and clarity. This book features 28 full colour reproductions of some of his most popular recent works, together with detailed discussions on the methods and techniques behind each piece by the artist. His fascinating comments are supported throughout by a wealth of colour detail and preliminary pencil sketches.

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Robert Taylor has long been established as one of the world's leading aviation artists, enjoying unparralled demand for his original paintings and limited edition prints. He has exhibited with the Guild of Aviation Artists, the Royal Society of Marine Artists, and his one-man exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, described by the Museum as its most popular ever, was viewed by over ten million people. He lives near Bath, England. Writer Charles Walker has known and admired the artist for many years, and has written for books and magazines about his paintings.

Foreword by R P Beaumont, CBE, DSO, DFC, DL, FRAeS; Robert Taylor by Charles Walker; Introduction by Robert Taylor; Acknowledgements; The Paintings; Escort for the Straggler; Coming Home; The Bridge at Remagen; Ploetsi - The Vital Mission; After the Battle; Air Apaches on the Warpath; Hartmann Tribute; Rangers on the Rampage; Chennaults Flying Tigers; Steinhoff Tribute; Winter's Welcome; The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders; Target Peenemunde; D-Day - The Airborne Assault; The Battle of the Coral Sea; Outward Bound; Aces on the Western Front; Coming in over the Estuary; Victory Flyover; Eagles Out of the Sun; Valor in the Pacific; Height of the Battle; Midway - Strike Against the Akagi; Hunters in the Desert; Home at Dusk; In Gallant Company; Against All Odds; Beach Head Strike Force

General Fields

  • : 9780715316085
  • : david
  • : david
  • : 0.726
  • : 31 July 2003
  • : 234mm X 300mm X 9mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Charles Walker
  • : Paperback
  • : 759.2
  • : 128
  • : 49 colour and 100 line illustrations