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Naval artist Robert Taylor's naval art
prints of the Kriegsmarine and German Imperial Navy. Robert Taylor's naval
paintings of U-Boats, German Battleship Bismarck, Prinz Eugen and
Scharnhorst available as signed limited edition art prints from Cranston
Fine Arts, the military art print company.
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Knights Move by Robert Taylor
The awesome battleship Tirpitz under the command of Admiral Schniewind, in company with battleships Scheer and Hipper, setting sail during Operation Rosselsprung, destined for the open sea and the North Atlantic convoy traffic. Messerschmitt Me109s of JG5, based at Petsamo, provide overhead cover while flotilla escort vessels make up the fearsome armada. The magnificent Norwegian mountains provide a spectacular backdrop this comprehensively realistic and stirring World War Two image.
Limited edition of 500 prints,. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele (deceased), Fahnrich Arnold Schroeder (deceased) and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing.
Limited edition of 30 artist proofs. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £395.00 Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele (deceased), Fahnrich Arnold Schroeder (deceased), Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, Oberst Hajo Hermann and Unteroffizier Heinz Kern.
Limited edition of 400 prints. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £250.00 Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele (deceased), Fahnrich Arnold Schroeder (deceased), Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, Oberst Hajo Hermann and Unteroffizier Heinz Kern.
Limited edition of 25 remarques. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £ Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele (deceased), Fahnrich Arnold Schroeder (deceased), Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, Oberst Hajo Hermann and Unteroffizier Heinz Kern.
Limited edition of 100 prints, with ten signatures. Issued with companion print. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £
ITEM CODE DHM2304
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Sighting the Bismarck by Robert Taylor.
In the early hours of May 24, 1941, as the mighty German battleships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen slipped through the Denmark Strait, they were dramatically intercepted by the Royal Navy battleships Hood and Prince of Wales. Within six minutes of the first salvo being fired, the Hood, pride of the Royal Navy, was blown out of the water in one of the most gigantic explosions ever witnessed at sea. Bismarcks fourth salvo landed a shell forward of the Hoods after turrets, piercing her deck, exploding the 4-inch magazine. Simultaneously this detonated the adjacent 15-inch magazine, and in one mighty eruption the battleship broke in two. Within seconds she was gone. Of the ships company of 1400 officers and sailors only three survived. Outraged at the grievous loss Winston Churchill signaled the Admiralty just three words: Sink the Bismarck! Thus began one of the epic sea chases in the history of naval warfare. Damaged by shells from the Prince of Wales 14-inch guns and losing fuel oil, Admiral Lutjens broke off the engagement and steamed Bismarck towards the anonymity of the North Atlantic. Evading the British warships for 32 hours he had hopes of reaching the safety of Brest, but when spotted by a Catalina of RAF Coastal Command, Lutjens knew it was the beginning of the end for the mighty German warship. When an attack by Ark Royals Swordfish torpedo planes jammed her rudder Bismarcks fate was sealed. As she limped haphazardly through the waves trailing oil, the Home Fleet closed in for the final encounter. Overwhelmed by British guns and torpedoes, Bismarcks crew fought a gallant last battle, but the odds were too great. Watching Bismarcks final moments from King George Vs bridge, Admiral Tovey said: She put up a noble fight against impossible odds, worthy of the old days of the Imperial German Navy.
Signed limited edition of 850 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £ Signed by Obergefreiter Hans Hellwig, Maschinenobergefreiter Karl-August Schuldt (deceased), Matrose II Josef Statz (deceased) and Maschinenobergefreiter Johannes Zimmermann (deceased).
Limited edition 85 artist proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £325.00 Signed by Obergefreiter Hans Hellwig, Maschinenobergefreiter Karl-August Schuldt (deceased), Matrose II Josef Statz (deceased) and Maschinenobergefreiter Johannes Zimmermann (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2169
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Offshore Bombardment by Robert Taylor
The Prinz Eugen, one of the finest and most famous ships in the German Navy, shelling Russian shore positions in Western Samland, the Baltic, January 1945 Earlier in the war The Prinz Eugen took part in the sinking of H.M.S. Hood and later the Channel Dash.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm) Sold out edition. Only one secondary market print available.. Price £200.00 Signed by Gunter Hielscher and Hans Henning von Schultz.
ITEM CODE DHM2117
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Against All Odds by Robert Taylor.
Robert Taylors painting protrays the renowned defiance of the U-Boat crews. Caught on the surface by a PBY Catalina the gun crews of a type VIIc U-Boat are quickly into action. The 3.7cm anti-aircraft gun is hurriedly reloaded while on the upper platform the two 2cm anti-aircraft twins take chunks out of the Catalinas tail - enough damage to secure a respite from the attack. Soon they will dive to relative safety beneath the Atlantic swell.
Signed limited edition of 450 prints (numbered 251 - 700 of 700) Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (81cm x 61cm). Price £300.00 Signed by Kapitanleutnant Karl-August Landfermann (deceased), Oberbootsmannsmaat Rudolf Muhlbauer (deceased), Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Schroeteler (deceased) and Korveitenkapitan Helmut Witte (deceased).
Limited edition of 45 artist proofs (numbered 26 - 70 of 70) Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (81cm x 61cm). Price £380.00 Signed by Kapitanleutnant Karl-August Landfermann (deceased), Oberbootsmannsmaat Rudolf Muhlbauer (deceased), Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Schroeteler (deceased) and Korveitenkapitan Helmut Witte (deceased).
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs (numbered 1 - 25 of 70) Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (81cm x 61cm). Price £490.00 Signed by Kapitanleutnant Karl-August Landfermann (deceased), Oberbootsmannsmaat Rudolf Muhlbauer (deceased), Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Schroeteler (deceased), Korveitenkapitan Helmut Witte (deceased), Kapitanleutnant Gerhard Bielig (deceased), Kapitanleutnant Heinz Franke (deceased) and Kapitanleutnant Siegfried Koitschka (deceased).
Signed limited edition of 250 prints (numbered 1 - 250 of 700) Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (81cm x 61cm). Price £380.00 Signed by Kapitanleutnant Karl-August Landfermann (deceased), Oberbootsmannsmaat Rudolf Muhlbauer (deceased), Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Schroeteler (deceased), Korveitenkapitan Helmut Witte (deceased), Kapitanleutnant Gerhard Bielig (deceased), Kapitanleutnant Heinz Franke (deceased) and Kapitanleutnant Siegfried Koitschka (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2119
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Operation Cerberus by Robert Taylor
Portrayal of the Channel Dash - three German ships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau embark from Brest, France returning to home ports encounter their own mines.
Signed limited of 500 prints. Paper size 20 inches x 13 inches (51cm x 33cm) Sold Out Edition. One Secondary Market Print Available Only.. Price £135.00
ITEM CODE DHM2107
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Battleship Bismarck by Robert Taylor
The pride of the German Navy, this magnificent battleship attracted the full wrath of the Royal Navy when, by brilliant gunnery, she sank the Hood. Within three days she was herself sunk by the Home Fleet with the loss of all but 110 of her crew.
Signed limited edition of 1500 prints. Paper size 24 inches x 20 inches (61cm x 51cm). Price £ Signed by Bismarck Gunnery Officer Von Mullenheim-Rechberg (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2105
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Scharnhorst at Anchor by Robert Taylor.
Signed edition. Paper size 23 inches x 17 inches (58cm x 43cm). Price £60.00
ITEM CODE DHM2182
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Peaceful Anchorage by Robert Taylor
Ships of the East Asiatic Squadron at anchor in a Pacific Island bay prior to the outbreak of hostilities in 1914. The ships are, left to right, light cruisers Nurnberg and Dresden, cruiser Gneisenau and von Spees flagship Scharnhorst.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 66cm). Price £175.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £275.00
ITEM CODE DHM2181
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Knights Move by Robert Taylor
Limited edition of 500 prints with four
signatures. Print price £195 ($295).
Tirpitz Edition : 400 prints with six
signatures. Print price £250 ($385).
30 Artists Proofs, price £375 ($595).
25 Remarques, price £550 ($895)
Veterans Edition : 100 prints with ten
signatures. Issued with companion print "Borne on Eagles
Wings". Price £495 ($795)
Paper size 35¾" x 23½.
Order Code DHM2304.
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Sighting the Bismarck by Robert Taylor
The fateful moment the Bismarck was located by RAF Coastal Command.
Greeted by a defiant barrage of fire from Bismarck's anti-aircraft guns,
the Catalina veers away, but already the radio operator has transmitted
her position. Like the Hood just two days earlier, the pride of Hitler's
Kriegsmarine was by now destined for the deep.
Signatures: Hans Hellwig, Karl-August Schuldt, Josef Statz, Johannes
Zimmermann.
Print serial number DHM2169. Signed limited edition of 850. Paper
size 33" x 24". Print price £195. ($370)
Artists proof price £320. ($570)
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| Text for the above print:
In the early hours of May 24, 1941, as the mighty German battleships
Bismarck and Prinz Eugen slipped through the Denmark Strait, they were
dramatically intercepted by the Royal Navy battleships Hood and Prince
of Wales. Within six minutes of the first salvo being fired, the Hood,
pride of the Royal Navy, was blown out of the water in one of the most
gigantic explosions ever witnessed at sea.
Bismarck's fourth salvo landed a shell forward of the Hood's after
turrets, piercing her deck, exploding the 4-inch magazine.
Simultaneously this detonated the adjacent 15-inch magazine, and in one
mighty eruption the battleship broke in two. Within seconds she was
gone. Of the ships company of 14000 officers and sailors only three
survived.
Outraged at the grievous loss Winston Churchill signalled the
Admiralty just three words: "Sink the Bismarck!" Thus began
one of the epic sea chases in the history of naval warfare.
Damaged by shells from Prince of Wales' 14-inch guns, and losing fuel
oil, Admiral Lutjens broke off the engagement and steamed Bismarck
towards the anonymity of the North Atlantic. Evading the British
warships for 32 hours he had hopes of reaching the safety of Brest, but
when spotted by a Catalina of RAF Coastal Command, Lutjens knew it was
the beginning of the end for the mighty German warship. When an attack
by Ark Royal's Swordfish torpedo planes jammed her rudder Bismarck's
fate was sealed. As she limped haphazardly through the waves trailing
oil, the Home Fleet closed in for the final encounter. Overwhelmed by
British guns and torpedoes, Bismarck's crew fought a gallant last
battle, but the odds were too great. Watching Bismarck's final moments
from King George V's bridge, Admiral Tovey said: "She put up a
noble fight against impossible odds, worthy of the old days of the
Imperial German Navy." |
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Offshore Bombardment by Robert Taylor
Prinz Eugen in company with destroyers and torpedo boats shelling
Russian shore positions in Western Samland with her 8-inch guns.
Print serial number DHM2117. Image size 36" x 24". Signed
limited edition of 1,000 prints and artists proofs. Print price £1 95. SOLD OUT
One Secondary Market Signed Limited
Edition Print Available. Price £230. |
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Against All Odds by Robert Taylor
Signed limited edition print. Stock level very low.
Print serial number DHM2119. 450 prints with 4 signatures. Paper size 32" x 24". Print
price £180. Artists proof £320. ($580)
250 prints with 7 signatures. Paper size 32" x 24". Print
price £285.
Artists proof £420.
Signatures: Karl-August Landfermann, Rudolf Muhlbauer, Heinrich
Schroeteler, Helmut Witte.
Extra signature: Gerhard Bielig, Heinz Franke, Siegfried Koitschka. |
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Homecoming by Robert Taylor
Limited Edition of 600 prints. Print size 34" x 24".
Print serial number DHM2123. SOLD OUT
SECONDARY MARKET PRINTS. PRICE £250 SOLD
Only a few SECONDARY artists proof prints remain
price £350. ($550) SOLD OUT
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Homecoming by Robert Taylor
After the fall of France the German Kriegsmarine were quick to seize
control of the ports in the north west, and from the summer of 1940
onwards they enjoyed free access to the busy merchant shipping lanes of
the Atlantic. Brest provided an important naval dockyard and arsenal for
the German navy, and together with Lorient and St. Nazaire, became base
to the U-boat submarine fleets that roamed the Atlantic. The importance
of the naval facilities in the region made the occupied French ports a
favourite target for RAF and USAAF bombers, requiring the area of
north-west France to become one of the most heavily defended until
neutralised by the Allied invasion in 1944.
In 1942 the Focke Wulf Fw190s of III./JG2, under the command of Major
'Assi' Hahn, formed part of the massive aerial defences. Based at
Morlaix 40 miles north-east of Brest, the JG2 pilots were in constant
action against raiding bomber and fighter forces based in England.
Depicts Fw190 pilots of JG2 making a low pass to welcome home the
type VII U-boats of the 9th Submarine Flotilla as they sail into the
calm waters of the Brest Roads. Relaxed now, but weary from an arduous
period of action in the North Atlantic, the the U-boat crews wave
acknowledgement to the aerial salute from their Luftwaffe comrades. |
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Operation Cerberus by Robert Taylor
Portrayal of the Channel Dash - three German ships
Scharnhorst, Gneisenau embark from Brest,
France returning to home ports encounter their own mines.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Print serial number DHM2107.
paper size 20" x 13". Print price £125. PRINT NOW SOLD OUT ONE
SECONDARY MARKET PRINT AVAILABLE. PRICE £180 ($340)
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Battleship Bismarck by Robert Taylor
Battleship Bismarck fires the fatal salvo that sunk HMS Hood.
Limited edition of 1500 prints, each print signed by Robert Taylor
and crew member Von Mullenheim-Rechberg.
Print serial number DHM2105. paper size 24" x 20". Print price
£140.
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Scharnhorst at Anchor by Robert Taylor
Vice-Admiral Graf von Spee's flagship, the 11,400 ton armoured
cruiser Scharnhorst seen with light cruiser Nurnberg, off the coast of
Chile after the German Squadron's victory at Coronel, November 1914.
Signed edition. Print serial number DHM2182. Paper size 23" x
17". Print
price £60 ($110).
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Peaceful Anchorage by Robert Taylor
Ships of the East Asiatic Squadron at anchor in a Pacific Island bay
prior to the outbreak of hostilities in 1914. The ships are, left to
right, light cruisers Nurnberg and Dresden, cruiser Gneisenau and von
Spee's flagship Scharnhorst.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Print serial number DHM2181. Paper size
34" x 24". Print
price £125 ($225).
50 artists proof £225 ($410).What
is an Artists Proof?
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of World War I, Germany's East Asiatic squadron, consisting of two large
armoured cruisers and three light cruisers under the command of Vice
Admiral Graf Spee, travelled from their base at Tsingtao in northern
China, across the western Pacific to the coast of Chile. On 1st November
they were intercepted off the Chilean port of Coronel by a British
squadron where, enjoying a large advantage in firepower, the encounter
ended with a resounding victory for Admiral Graf Spee. The British
Admiralty reacted swiftly, despatching a powerful naval force to the South
Atlantic to confront the German squadron, and on 9th December battle
commenced some 120 miles south west of the Falkland Islands. Outnumbered,
outgunned, and outpaced by the British force, the Battle of the Falklands
was over by nightfall. Von Spee and the entire crew of his flagship
Scharnhorst perished, and with Leipzig, Nurnberg and Gneisenau also sunk,
the East Asiatic Squadron was routed. Only Dresden escaped and when she
was scuttled in Chilean waters four months later, the East Asiatic
Squadron ceased to exist. |
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