Peter Helck is consider to be one of the greatest automotive illustrators to have ever have graced this earth.

"Peter Helck was born in New York City in 1893. By the time of his death in 1988 he had produced more than 600 sketches, drawings and paintings.

A founding member of the Automotive Fine Arts Society, he was dubbed “the dean of American automotive illustrators of the 20th century.” The society’s Peter Helck Award is their highest honor, given annually at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance to the artist whose work represents the pinnacle of automotive fine art.

Helck developed an early interest in automobiles and became an avid fan of motorsport. As a young boy he got rides with race car driver Al Poole testing the latest cars from Simplex. The first race he attended was the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup on Long Island. In 1912 he studied art at the Art Students League in Manhattan (befriending fellow student Norman Rockwell), and spent many a lunchtime gazing at cars in nearby showrooms." Read more about his career bio here: http://www.carart.us/Products.aspx?x=2&f=artistID&v=83&t=i&ttl=artistName&tmp=2&menu=C11806