The Aviation Art of Robert Taylor |
 After the Storm Signed by the artist - $120 |
 Air Armada Two pilot signatures - $320 |
 Air Strike One pilot signature - $175 |
 Air Superiority Four pilot signatures - $320 available with 12 pilot signatures |
 Almost Home Two crew signatures - $295 available with additional signatures |
 American Eagles Three pilot signatures - $320 |
 Angels Three Zero One pilot signature - $195 |
 Attack on the Hiei Four pilot signatures - $395 |
 At the Day's End Two signatures - $135 (available matted with 10 signatures) |
 A Time for Heroes Three pilot signatures - $320 available with nine signatures |
 Awaiting the Call Three signatures - $135 |
 Bader Legend Four pilot signatures - $320 |
 Battle of the Coral Sea Ten signatures - $450 |
 The Biff Boys One pilot signature - $320 |
 Bitter Engagement Two pilot signatures - $95 |
 The Blond Knight Two pilot signatures - $325 |
 Bogeys! Eleven O'Clock High a/p Eight pilot signatures - $520 |
 Bold, Reckless and Supreme Two pilot signatures - $130 |
 Bomb Away! Six signatures - $225 |
 Breaking Cover Three pilot signatures - $140 |
 Bringing the Peacemaker Home a/p Four pilot signatures- $520 |
 Chance Encounter Five crew signatures - $320 |
 Chennault's Flying Tigers conservation framed Seven Flying Tiger pilot signatures - $995 |
 Clearing Skies Three signatures - $275 available with additional signatures |
 Clipper Morning Star Artist signed only - $320 |
 Close Call Two pilot signatures - $150 |
 Closing the Gap Three pilot signatures - $320 |
 Coast in Sight Two signatures - $325 available with additional signatures |
 Coming in Over the Estuary Five pilot signatures - $320 |
 Crack Ace One pilot signature - $125 available matted with six signatures |
 Dambusters - Breaching the Eder Dam Two signatures - $320 available with six signatures |
 Dambusters - Goner 58A Three signatures - $135 available matted with additional signatures |
 Dambusters - Inbound to Target Six signatures - $195 |
 The Dambusters Last Moments of the Möhne Dam Three signatures - $325 available with additional signatures |
 Dambusters - Leading the Way Two signatures - $185 available with additional signatures |
 The Dambusters Three Good Bounces Three signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Dangerous Coast Three signatures - $225 available with ten signatures |
 Dawn Operations Three signatures - $675 |
 Day Duties for the Night Workers Three signatures - $95 available with additional signatures |
 D-Day Drop Two Airborne signatures - $150 |
 Defence of the Realm One pilot signature - $320 |
 Desert Hawks Four pilot signatures - $320 |
 Desert Victory Six double Ace signatures - $220 |
 Desert Warrior Four signatures - $135 |
 Devestating Strike Two signatures - $245 available with additional signatures |
 Double Strike 22 signatures - $320 |
 Duel in the Dark Four crew signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Eagles Divide Two pilot signatures - $95 available with additional signatures |
 Eagle Force Three pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Eagles on the Channel Front Five pilot signatures - $320 |
 Eagles on the Rampage Ten pilot signatures - $320 |
 Eagles Out of the Sun Twelve pilot signatures - $1595 |
 Eye of the Sun One pilot signature - $245 available with additional signatures |
 Fastest Victory One pilot sgnature - $195 |
 Fighting Red Tails Five pilot signatures - $320 |
 Fighting Tigers Five AVG pilot signatures - $320 |
 The Final Show Two pilot signatures - $325 available with additional signatures |
 First of Many Four pilot signatures - $320 |
 First of Many Framed with eight signatures, including Douglas Bader plus WWII RAF wings - $1325 |
 First Sighting One pilot sgnature - $110 |
 Flying Tigers - The Stuff of Legend Four AVG pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Front Line Hurricanes Six pilot signatures - $320 |
 Fury of Assault Five signatures - $320 |
 The Gallant Ohio Five pilot signatures - $320 |
 Gathering Storm a/p Four pilot signatures - $495 |
 The Greatest Day Two pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Greycap Leader a/p Ten pilot signatures - $520 |
 The Hard Way Home Four signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Headlong Into the Clash Three signatures - $295 available with additional signatures |
 Height and Sun Three pilot signatures - $195 |
 Hellcat Fury Three pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Hell Hawks Over Utah Two pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 High Cost Five crew signatures - $185 |
 High Patrol Signed by Sir Thomas Sopwith - $950 |
 Home Again England One pilot signatures - $215 available with additional signatures |
 Hornchurch Scramble Three pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
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 Hunters at Dawn Two pilot signatures - $295 |
 In Gallant Company Five MOH signatures - $775 |
 Into the Teeth of the Wind Five signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Into the Teeth of the Wind - pencil Five signatures - $175 |
 Jet Hunters Three pilot signatures - $325 available with additional signatures |
 JG-52 Signed by Günther Rall - $95 |
 JV-44 Squadron of Experts Four signatures - $895 |
 Knight of the Reich Signed by Günther Rall - $325 |
 Knights of the Eastern Front Six signatures - $1320 |
 Lancaster V.C. Two signatures - $225 |
 Late Arrival Six Hurricane pilot signatures - $175 |
 Launch Against the Bismarck Four signatures - $350 |
 The Legend of Colin Kelly a/p Three signatures - $520 includes companion print |
 Marauder Mission Three pilot signatures - $275 available with six signatures |
 Merlin Magic Onet Spitfire pilot signature - $215 available with additional signatures |
 Midway - Strike Against the Akagi Six pilot signatures - $875 |
 Midwinter Dawn Eight Spitfire pilot signatures - $410 |
 Milne Bay Two pilot signatures - $260 available with additional signatures |
 Mission Beyond Darkness Four signatures - $320 |
 Mission Completed Five MOH signatures- $975 |
 Morning Thunder a/p Eight Pearl Harbor signatures - $520 |
 Most Memorable Day a/p Four pilot signatures - $795 |
 Night Intruder One pilot signature - $100 |
 Normandy Nemesis Two pilot signatures & Vol. VI book - $235 |
 No Turning Back Four pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Okinawa Two pilot signatures - $325 available with additional signatures |
 One MiG Down Twenty six pilot signatures - $320 |
 Open Assault Three pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Opening Sky Three pilot signatures - $195 |
 Out of Fuel and Safely Home Five pilot signatures - $320 |
 Out of the Night Two signatures - $135 available with additional signatures |
 Phantom Fury Two signatures - $320 |
 Puttalam Elephants Three pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Rabaul - Fly for Your Life Two pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Ramrod One pilot signature - $110 |
 Reach for the Skies One signature - $195 |
 Red Arrows One pilot signature - $80 |
 Response to Call Two Battle of Britain pilot signatures - $215 available with additional signatures |
 Return of the Few paper print Four pilot signatures - $695 |
 The Road to the Rhine Three signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Rolling Thunder a/p Four pilot signatures - $520 |
 Running the Gauntlet Four pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Russian Roulette Six pilot signatures - $295 available with additional signatures |
 Severn Trail Artist signed - $275 |
 Skipper Comes Home Four pilot signatures - $320 |
 Skipper - Home at Last Four signatures - $105 |
 Sky Giant One pilot signature - $320 |
 Special Duties Seven signatures - $320 |
 Spitfires Over St. Michael's Mount Three pilot signatures - $195 |
 Steinhoff Tribute One pilot signature - $550 |
 Sting of the Black Tulip Erich Hartmann signature - $1595 |
 Stormbirds Rising Two pilot signatures - $295 available with additional signatures |
 Stuka a/p Four pilot signatures - $520 |
 Target Bearing 270° Four signatures - $325 |
 They Landed by Moonlight Five signatures - $320 |
 This Sceptred Isle Two signatures - $245 (available with additional signatures) |
 Thunderbolt Strike Three pilot signatures - $255 |
 Thunderheads Over Ridgewell Three signatures - $625 |
 Tommy Leader Three pilot signatures - $215 |
 Top Bounce Two signatures - $295 (available with additional signatures) |
 Top Dog Five signatures - $150 |
 Toward Night's Darkness Five signatures - $215 available with additional signatures |
 Towards the Home Fires One pilot signature - $325 available with additional signatures |
 Undaunted by Odds Three pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Valiant Response Three pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
 Valor in the Pacific Six signatures - $320 |
 Viper Venom Two pilot signatures - $320 |
 Vital Support Ten signatures - $190 |
 We All Stand Together Three pilot signatures - $185 available with additional signatures |
 Welcoming Respite Three pilot signatures - $150 |
 Where Eagles Gathered Two pilot signatures & Vol. VI book - $235 |
 Wide Horizons Artist signed - $175 |
 Wings of Glory Four pilot signatures - $275 |
 The Wolfpack Three pilot signatures - $320 available with additional signatures |
Robert Taylor
| The name Robert Taylor has been synonymous with aviation art over a quarter of a century. His paintings of aircraft, more than those of any other artist, have helped popularise a genre which atthe start of this remarkable artist's career had little recognition in the world of fine art. When he burst upon the scene in the mid-1970s his vibrant, expansive approach to the subject was a revelation. His paintings immediately caught the imagination of enthusiasts and collectors alike . He became an instant success. As a boy, Robert seemed always to have a pencil in his hand. Aware of his natural gift from an early age, he never considered a career beyond art, and with unwavering focus, set out to achieve his goal. Leaving school at fifteen, he has never worked outside the world of art. After two yearsat the Bath School of Art he landed a job as an apprentice picture framer with an art gallery in Bath, the city where Robert has lived and worked all his life. Already competent with water-colours the young apprentice took every opportunity to study the works of other artists and, after trying his hand at oils, quickly determined he could paint to the same standard as much of the art it was his job to frame. Soon the gallery was selling his paintings, and the owner, recognising Robert's talent, promoted him to the busy picture-restoring department. Here, he repaired and restored all manner of paintings and drawings, the expertise he developed becoming the foundation of his career as a professional artist. Picture restoration is an exacting skill, requiring the ability to emulate the techniques of other painters so as to render the damaged area of the work undetectable. After a decade of diligent application, Robert became one of the most capable picture restorers outside London. Today he attributes his versatility to the years he spent painstakingly working on the paintings of others artists. After fifteen years at the gallery, by chance he was introduced to Pat Barnard, whose military publishing business happened also to be located in the city of Bath. When offered the chance to become a full-time painter, Robert leapt at the opportunity. Within a few months of becoming a professional artist, he saw his first works in print. The Military Gallery has published every print reproduced from Robert's paintings ever since. Robert's early career was devoted to maritime paintings, and he achieved early success with his prints of naval subjects, one of his admirers being Lord Louis Mountbatten. He exhibited successfully at the Royal Society of Marine Artists in London and soon his popularity attracted the attention of the media. Following a major feature on his work in a leading national daily newspaper he was invited to appear in a BBC Television programme. This led to a string of commissions for the Fleet Air Arm Museum who, understandably, wanted aircraft in their maritime paintings. It was the start of Robert's career as an aviation artist. Fascinated since childhood by the big, powerful machines that man has invented, switching from one type of 'hardware' to another has never troubled him. Being an artist of the 'old school', Robert tackled the subject of painting aircraft with the same gusto as with his large, action-packed maritime pictures - big compositions supported by powerful and dramatic skies, painted on large canvases. It was a formula new to the aviation art genre, at the time not used to such sweeping canvases, but one that came naturally to an artist whose approach appeared to have origins in an earlier classical period. Robert's aviation paintings are instantly recognisable. He somehow manages to convey all the technical detail of aviation in a traditional and painterly style, reminiscent of the Old Masters. With uncanny ability, he is able to recreate scenes from the past with a carefully rehearsed realism that few other artists ever manage to achieve. This is partly due to his prodigious research but also his attention to detail: Not for him shiny new factory-fresh aircraft looking like museum specimens. His trade mark, flying machines that are battle-scarred, worse for wear, with dings down the fuselage, chips and dents along the leading edges of wings, oil stains trailing from engine cowlings, paintwork faded with dust and grime; his planes are real! Robert's aviation works have drawn crowds in the international arena since the early 1980s. He has exhibited throughout the US and Canada, Australia, Japan and in Europe. His one-man exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC was hailed as the most popular art exhibition ever held there. His paintings hang in many of the world's great aviation museums, adorn boardrooms, offices and homes, and his limited edition prints are avidly collected all around the world. A family man with strong Christian values, Robert devotes most of what little spare time he has to his home life. Married to Mary for thirty five years, they have five children, all now grown up. Neither fame nor fortune has turned his head. He is the same easy-going, gentle character he was when setting out on his painting career all those years ago, but now with a confidence that comes with the knowledge that he has mastered his profession. |
