Renown Aviation Artist Nicolas Trudgian range of Gloster Gladiator aircraft aviation
signed art prints. This site is dedicated to the artwork of Aviation
artist Nicolas Trudgian. Including the full range of Aviation prints
published by the Military Gallery which Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the
last remaining prints. Which include many rare items. many of Nicolas
Trudgian prints have been signed by Many of the Top Fighter and Bomber Pilots
of World war two over the pats Decade. and many of these great Pilots are no
longer with us. This could be the last chance to own a piece of history which
will soon be no longer available except on the more expensive secondary
market.
GLOSTER
GLADIATOR: A continuation form the Gloster Gauntlet aircraft
the Gloster Gladiator (SS37) becoming designated the F.7/30 was named
Gladiator on the 1st July 1935. The first 70 Gladiators had Under wing
machine guns (Vickers or Lewis) before the browning became
standard The first aircraft arrived at Tangmere airfield on
in February 1937 to no. 72 squadron. at the outbreak of world war two a
total of 218 Gladiators had been received by the Royal air force with a
total of 76 on active service. They served also in the Middle eats and
in 1940 when Italy joined the war was nearly the only front line fighter
in the middle east. Between 1939 and 1941. the Gloster
Gladiator flew in many war zones. flying in France, Greece,
Norway, Crete Egypt Malta and Aden. The Aircraft claimed
nearly 250 air victories. It stayed in front line duties until
1942, then becoming fighter trainer, and other sundry roles. It
continued in these roles until the end of world war two. The Naval
equivalent the Sea Gladiator a short service in the Middle east and European
waters. A Total of 746 aircraft were built of these 98 were Sea
Gladiators.. Performance. speed: 250mph at 17,500 feet, 257
mph at 14,600 Range 430 miles. Armament: Two fixed .3-03
browning machine guns
Operation Mercury by Nicolas Trudgian.
Slow, frail, out-dated and hopelessly outnumbered, Gladiator biplanes of 112 Squadron RAF tenaciously throw themselves into the fray, attacking Luftwaffe fighter-bombers in the battle for Crete, in April 1941. This painting shows Me110Cs of II./ZG76, having attacked naval units off the coast of Crete in early May 1941, being bravely intercepted by two Gladiators of 112 Squadron. Heavily outnumbered, the best the RAF pilots can hope for is to disrupt the Luftwaffe formation. And this they continued to do until, literally, they had no more aircraft left!
Item Code : DHM2615
Operation Mercury by Nicolas Trudgian. - Editions Available
David Dipnals evocative images of the restful idyllic scenes of southern England are well known, epitomising, as they have for years, all that is endearing about traditional English landscapes. His well known images of his beautiful and fertile homeland are a world away from Australia, where he now spends most of his time. In the last decade, David Dipnall estimates that he has travelled nearly 2 million miles, continuing to maintain a busy work schedule of exhibitions and regularly commuting between England and Australia. His originals are highly sought after, and over fifty of his images have been published as limited edition prints, many of which have sold out. Always a traveller, he believes in the philosophy that absence makes the heart grow fonder, and his beautifully detailed traditional English landscapes are definitely painted from the heart.
Spotlight on Landscape Artists
A newly available selection of superb landscape art from some of the best known landscape artists around.
We have now added to a website a large selection of landscape art prints by artists including Bill Makinson, David Dipnall and Rex Preston, in addition to our existing stocks of superb Gerlad Coulson landscape prints. These can be found at our website or see the artists own pages by clicking the images below
