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Chris Collingwood
Chris has produced a wealth of impressive paintings from the Napoleonic War, American Civil War, English Civil War, and a variety of Portraits of Great Military Leaders, He also has produced superb paintings of Pirates, a particular favourite of his. Chris studied at Berkshire College of Art 1966 - 1970 and then worked for Halas and Batchelor as a background artist. In the golden age of book cover illustration Chris made the Gunslinger, Crow and Herne series his own. To this day the shelves of high street booksellers are full of his work. Perhaps his best known popular pieces are in the now famous Jorvik Centres paintings which form the focus of the exhibitions promotion and won a travel industry award. In recent years his best work has been paintings, such as SPQR, Anne Bonny, Mary Reid and Calico Jack Rakam and Blackbeard in Damnation Seize My Soul. His super realistic style, using oils, brilliantly reflects the techniques, passion and depth of the old masters. He has a particular love of portraiture, which his portraits of Wellington and William of Orange certainly reflect, along with others from the English Civil War, his love of the subject. He is also fascinated by the awful romance of weaponry and war. Chris uses traditional Dutch paints made today, as in 1664, and is meticulous in his research and attention to detail, so scarce in our modern throw away society. Sir Anthony Van Dyke, William Dobson, Sir Peter Lely and Fortunio Matania played a vital part in his formative years. He also is much influenced by Meissonier and De Neuville. |
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Mother and Child with seascape circa 1800s by Chris Collingwood. No text for this item |
British Army Javelin Missile Launcher by Chris Collingwood. (P) No text for this item |
Captain Morgan by Chris Collingwood No text for this item |
Advance on Vittoria by Chris Collingwood. The 13th Light Dragoons cross a small river as part of Wellingtons armies advance on Vittoria in June 1813 during the Peninsula Campaign. |
Blue Bonnets - Highlanders c.1746 by Chris Collingwood. No text for this item |
In the Thick of Battle by Chris Collingwood. Lieutenant of the Royal Navy commands marines and crew during a sea battle with the French during the battle of Cape St Vincent. |
Richard I (The Lion Heart) During the 3rd Crusade by Chris Collingwood. Richard the Lionhearts tactical skills and military training played a substantial role in the capture of Acre in 1191 by the Crusaders. But Richard the Lionheart was ruthless and after the capture of the city he marched 2,700 Muslim soldiers onto the road of Nazareth and in front of the Muslim army positions, had them executed one by one. But Richard the Lionheart was up against a great leader in Saladin and the crusades did not always go his way. After he negotiated the Treaty of Jaffa with Saladin and secured the granting of special rights of travel around Palestine and in Jerusalem for Christian pilgrims, Richard the Lionheart started his journey back to England in 1192. He was shipwrecked, and captured by the German Emperor Henry VI, only being released after a 150,000 mark ransom was paid. This money was raised by taxes in England. |
The Charge of the Red Lancers on Mercer's Troop of Royal Horse Artillery by Chris Collingwood. Waterloo - 18th June 1815. The Red Lancers made five separate attempts on the allied squares and batteries suffering heavy casualties but failing to break either. Mercer's artillery troop would not retire and served their guns continuously regardless of repeated attack. |
Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. No text for this item |
Sir Walter Raleigh by Chris Collingwood. No text for this item |
Charles II 1630-1685 by Chris Collingwood. No text for this item |
Battle of Worcester, 3rd September 1651 by Chris Collingwood. Charles II rides out to lead his army. Including many Scots who fought on his side. |
Samurai Warriors by Chris Collingwood. Samurai Warriors of the Sekighahara campaign 1600. The most important and decisive battle in the history of Japan, Sekigahara was the culmination of the Power struggle triggered by the death of the great warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The two rivals for power were Ishida Mitsunari and Tokugawa Ieyasu. The contest was ultimately settled by force of arms in a small mountain valley in central Japan. By the end of the day 40,000 heads had been taken and Ieyasu was master of Japan. Within three years the Emperor would grant him the title he sought - Shogun. |
Sun in Splendour by Chris Collingwood. Soldiers of the Yorkist cause c.1461. Crossbowman, Man at arms and knight with the standard of the Sun in Splendour. |
Trumpeter, 17th Lancers by Chris Collingwood. (P) No text for this item |
Roman Legionary 1AD by Chris Collingwood. A Roman soldier was a well-trained fighting machine. He could march 20 miles a day wearing all his armour and equipment. |
Yorkist Soldier by Chris Collingwood. No text for this item |
Roman Legionary by Chris Collingwood. No text for this item |
Roman Pilum by Chris Collingwood. The pilum was thrown just as the legionaries charged. The small bullet shaped metal point could penetrate shields and armour and cause serious injury to the enemy. |
Confederate Infantryman of the 19th Virginia by Chris Collingwood. No text for this item |
Observer / Gunner, Royal Flying Corps 1917 by Chris Collingwood. No text for this item |
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