The Graf Zeppelin (TWO boards) (Original)
Medium: Watercolours on Board
Size: 14" x 20" (365mm x 520mm)
Date: 1983
Code: SalinasGraf
These are the unique original Watercolour paintings by Alberto Salinas.
Two boards featuring the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, which was a German-built and operated passenger-carrying hydrogen-filled rigid airship (aka 'blimp') that operated commercially from 1928 to 1937. It was named after the German pioneer of airships, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, who was a Graf or Count in the German nobility.
During its operating life, the airship made 590 flights covering more than a million miles. It was designed to be operated by a crew of 36 officers and men. Since the two panels are on two separate boards it may be necessary to have them mounted together.
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- Artist BiographyAlberto César Salinas (1 November 1932 - 2 January 2005; Argentina)
Alberto Salinas is the son of the famous Argentine comic artist José Luis Salinas. He started his career in advertising for Pueyrredón Propaganda, but debuted in comics in 1952. His first work was the series 'Capiango', about soldiers in the Northwest of Argentina, that was published in the montly magazine Superhombre. Since the 1960s, Salinas was mainly working for European publishers. He was drawing for British girls' titles in the 1960s and 1970s, including stories like 'Sandra' for Tina (1964) and 'Moira, Slave Girl of Rome' in Sandie (1976). He additionally contributed to the Thriller Picture Library.
He was however mainly working for Eura Editoriale in Italy, starting with a 'Spartacus' comic in 1961 and later on stories like 'Continente nero' and 'Legione straniera' for Skorpio. He ghosted his father's 'Cisco Kid' comic for a while in 1968. Salinas eventually returned to Argentina where he made illustrations and comics for Editorial Atlántida, Editorial Columba and Editorial García Ferré.
He is best known as the first artist of 'Dago', a story about a 16th century Venetian nobleman turned mercenary, written by Paraguayan writer Robin Wood and first published in the Argentine magazine Nippur Magnum in 1980. It was also published by Eura in Italy between 1983 and 1986. Salinas and Wood also cooperated on a 'Dracula' comic story.
Salinas has also made illustrations for Look and Learn in London as well as paintings of horses. A knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Albert Salinas died in January 2005, apparently from a shooting accident.