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Pack 275. Pack of two Greek history Battle of Thermopylae prints by Chris Collingwood and Brian Palmer.
PCK0275. Pack of two military art prints by Chris Collingwood and Brian Palmer, depicting the Battle of Thermopylae. Military Print Pack.
Items in this pack :
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DHM1243. Thermopylae 480BC, Spartan and Thespaian Hoplites. By Chris Collingwood. So Tell The Spartans, Stranger passing by that here, Obedient to their laws, we lie. In 480 BC the Spartans tried to defend the pass at Thermopylae against the Persians led by Xerxes. The Persian fleet had sailed along the coastline from northern Greece into the Gulf of Malia on the eastern Aegean Sea towards the mountains at Thermopylae. The Greek General and King Leonidas led the Greeks and tried to defend the pass of Thermopylae. All the defending Spartans were killed during the Battle of Thermopylae. Their defence and courage provided inspiration to the Greeks, and the following year the Greeks won battles against their old enemy the Persians. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm)
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DHM512. The Battle of Thermopylae by Brian Palmer. Depicting the last stand of the 300 Spartans who fought to the death against an overwhelming Persian Army. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 24 inches x 14 inches (61cm x 36cm)
Website Price: £ 145.00
To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £230.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £85
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| Artist Details : Chris Collingwood | | Click here for a full list of all artwork by Chris Collingwood |
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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