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Brand: History
EAN num: 9781594904615
ISBN number: 1594904618
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Printing Date: June 30, 2008
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This calendar brings together the drama of flight and the climactic action of war in the air through the paintings of Richard Allison.
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What Richard Allison's Warbirds Calender gives us are 12 beautiful images of paintings depictng aircraft in various atmospheric settings. Military planes ranging in time from World War I to the Vietnam War are represented. The artistic expression that is conveyed with these paintings is on a very high level. One my favorite paintings depicts a British SE-5 encountering a German Albatross just after sunrise, in the skies over France. Allison's loose, impressionistic style captures the ambience of that moment, including the dappled colors of autumn on the ground far below. In another painting of note, a Curtis SC Seahawk flies past the cruiser, Alaska during the latter days of WWII. The feeling of the dazzling sun reflecting off the open sea, almost seems to blind my eyes, it is so palpable.
If you are a detail oriented rivet counter, this might not be the calendar for you. But if you appreciate truly gorgeous painting as well as being a lover of airplanes, you will want to proudly display Richard Allison's fine calendar.
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In the world of aviation art, there are many things one can consider when deciding what type of artwork to purchase. You might be looking for name recognition in the form of a legendary artist; paintings with signatures of well-known aviators; or works of a particular type of aircraft.
Richard Allison may not fit the very first category. He is not interested in the second, and does not limit himself to the third. He does, however bring a particular artistic style to his aviation art. Richard's approach is to pursue a painterly quality grounded equally in art as well as aviation history.
His 2009 "Warbirds" calendar is a collection of paintings involving World War I, II and modern day aircraft. The paintings are loose and colorful, reflecting the artist's temperament and his belief in expressing the emotion of a scene rather than technical aspects. In this collection, you will not be able to "count the rivets" on his aircraft which so many aviation artists choose to do in the belief that such an approach makes a painting more believable. Rather, like all good art, the feelings expressed in his paintings are conveyed through the use of color, the quality of paint application and atmospheric lighting. Our eyes delight in the play of contrasts of light and shadow, shapes, action and drama.
These are small works, done in a rapid manner with the intent of expressing the scene with an immediate freshness as opposed to a long labored highly finished look. The result is a delightful collection of twelve paintings that provide an interesting description of the scenes as well as visual pleasure from the artistic quality of the works themselves.
John W. Clark, ASAA
American Society of Aviation Artists
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