Peter J Ashmore (British 1923 - ), 'Alfa Romeo P2'

The Beaulieu Sale: Collectors' Motor Cars & Automobilia|1 September 2023, 11:00 BST|Beaulieu, National Motor Museum

Peter J Ashmore (British 1923 - ), 'Alfa Romeo P2'

signed, watercolour and gouache, 26 x 38cm; together with a coloured pencil sketch by Ashmore '1925 Grand Prix of Europe', 24 x 33cm; an unfinished motor racing artwork by Anon, 22 x 32cm;, and two historic racing photographs, comprising AC, sepia tone 21 x 29cm and Cooper-Bristol, colour 27 x 34; each mounted, framed and glazed.
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Footnotes

Born in Coventry, Warwickshire in 1923, he was a watercolourist and illustrator working for Look and Learn children's newspaper and the Eagle Magazine between 1950 and 1969. His subjects were many and varied including nature studies, old bi-planes, retrospective motoring, cricket, tennis and golf subjects, as well as Edwardian street views.

He went on to work in the motor industry designing car bodies. Ashmore was part of a group of designers which created a prototype model of the Car of the Future for the 1951 Festival of Britain. Some of his later work depicted historic marine scenes and sporting venues. Peter Ashmore eventually became a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of art in London.

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