Goodbye Art Fitzpatrick

Mr. Fitzpatrick and his partner Van Kaufman did amazing illustrations for GM for decades.
Amazing artwork that would make generations dream about new cars.

These beautiful illustrations made the cars look even better. By cheating a little bit. Making then lower and wider that they actually were.
All in such a wonderful realistic way, unlike the crazy (vulgar) exaggerated "official sketches" we see these days.

Mr.Fitzpatrick was drawing the cars while Mr.Kaufman was doing the backgrounds.
They would both spend time un Europe every year scouting for beautiful and exotic locations. Coming back right on time to illustrate all the new year's models.

Amazing skills that are now gone.
(The horrible pictures Honda has published for the release of the new Civic, sedan and coupe, are ugly enough to make you cry.)

You can see much more of their beautiful work HERE

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- Thursday, November 19, 2015