Igor Ivanovitch Sikorsky 'Mr Helicopter' (Signed) (Original)
Igor Ivanovitch Sikorsky 'Mr Helicopter' (Signed) (Original)
Igor Ivanovitch Sikorsky 'Mr Helicopter' (Signed) (Original)
Artist: Wilf Hardy Medium: Watercolour on Board Size: 19" x 12" (470mm x 310mm) Date: 1980 Signature: Signed by artist centre Code: HardySikorskiLL
This is the Signed unique original Watercolour painting by Wilf Hardy.
Four scenes from the life and work of the great Russian father of the Helicopter. In the main picture he is piloting the aircraft while two of his crew attempt to put out an engine fire.
After one of his World War I bombers was shot down by Germans in 1915 he redesigned the tail of the plane to accommodate a tail gunner (bottom left). Artwork published in the Look and Learn Book 1981. Note main image is painted on the board and the three small images are paste ups re-positioned for publication in the annual.
Wilfred Hardy (7 July 1938 - 2016; Brentford, UK) Wilf Hardy began working for Treasure in its early days after working as a commercial artist. Some of his earliest illustrations were designed to help youngsters understand subjects ranging from building a motorway to the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Hardy is best known for his technological paintings, in particular planes, ships, trains and spacecraft.
Hardy became one of the mainstays of Fleetway's educational titles, working for Look and Learn, Ranger, Speed & Power and World of Knowledge. His best known series was the long running Into the Blue which helped establish him as an aviation artist of renown, an area he has continued working in - nowadays in oil and other media - for posters and private commissions.
Producing the series 'Into the Blue' in Ranger and Look and Learn for some years helped Hardy develop an ability to depict aircraft of every description, from the days of stick and string to futuristic zeppelins. Hardy often picked the subject matter himself, although the text was usually editorially written, and designed the layouts for his pages.
'Hardy's Drawing Board' was a popular feature in later issues of Look and Learn. Hardy is a member of the Guild of Aviation Artists.
Hardy enjoyed a long association with the International Air Tattoo (started 1971, became the Royal International Air Tattoo in 1996) and illustrated many advertising posters, brochure covers, (and latterly, quite possibly T-shirts and mugs) for this and other air shows and events.
Wilfred Hardy lived in Kent. He married Barbara Woolstencroft in 1960 in Kent. They had three sons (born 1961, 1963 and 1965).
Artist: Wilf HardyMedium: Gouache on BoardSize: 10" x 13" (245mm x 320mm)Date: 1971Signature: Signed by artist lower rightCode: HardySikorskyLLThis i...
Artist: Wilf HardyMedium: Watercolour on BoardSize: 19" x 13" (470mm x 320mm)Date: 1981Signature: Signed by artist bottom right panel under rear wing...
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