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Welcome To The Aircraft Nose Art & Pin-Up Site
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Ever
since men went to war in aeroplanes, they have felt the need to
decorate their mounts with unofficial and personal markings. Often frowned
upon by authorities, these colourful decorations have in turn been
inspiring, emotive, aggressive, humorous, cynical or even tasteful.
My
homepage is dedicated to all the bombers air crews, fighter pilots and
their artists whose humor and imagination decorated World War II combat
aircrafts, and to those who strive to preserve the great memories of
flight in that era.
I produced the paintings
below on parts of World War II B-17 Flying
Fortress fuselage wrecks I found on crash sites in Switzerland during the
90s. Some of these paintings are reproduction of existing Nose Art and the
others are my creation. Some of them are for sale.
Asked price is mentionned in CHF (swiss franc) and is not negociable.
The quality of
these pictures is far lower than the original Nose
Art paintings and colours may differ from the original.
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Of
all the images seen as aircraft Nose Art,
women have been the
most popular subject. Scantily clad sirens, often based on the work of
magazine artists such as Varga, Petty or Elvgren, or popular film stars
and wartime heroines, have all inspired some of the finest pieces of
artwork.
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The cinema, strip cartoons and, more
recently, television have provided a wealth of characters,
in particular animals
and voluptuous women, that have inspired some of the most outstanding and
popular forms of Nose Art. The Disney Studio for
example contributed to the war effort with the creation of some 1200 insigna.
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The earliest and most common
form of Nose Art was graffiti which often depicted the quality of the aircraft, the names
of loved ones, popular songs, cartoon heroes or a home town, or hinted at
something much more risky.
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These
paintings are not yet finished (as others not photographied !) ... 3
women without age have to come out of my brain and Glenn Miller will
also be painted on "In The Mood".
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February 22, 2009
