FRANK BELLAMY "Unknown artworks"
Alan Davis (does he need an introduction?) has given me permission to reproduce some of the Bellamy artwork on his website, thus making it a lot easier to discuss individual pieces and see if anyone out there can help identify what they are? Yes, it's been 45 years since Frank Bellamy left us but anyone following this blog will know we have found a lot, we knew nothing about previously. Alan has other images that are worth discussing but for now we'll get started on identifying these pieces.
INTRODUCTION
So if we use Alan's Unknown page as our starting point, I've given each image a number to help remember what we will have covered and help me keep clear in my own mind which image I'm talking about, as they have no titles. I shall blog each different image as separate entries to make it easier to update as we go.
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| Alan Davis' Unknown Frank Bellamy work |
There are 18 images, and we now know what several of them are:
- #1-5: "Pawley's Peepholes"
- #6-8: The Bell and Howell advert from Movie Maker (June 1967) - I'll blog the published version soon
- #9 is a strip but what???
- #10 confirms that not only did Bellamy draw two strips on Walls Wonderman but also drew some 'point-of-sale' material
- #11 is from the Radio Times article on Orville and Wilbur Wright
- #12 is an astronaut pulling strings and money is involved - BUT what is it???
- #13 is a Castrol GTX advert but I've never seen it published. I'll say more about this one later
- #14 is John Bull and the New Year 1973 BUT where was it published, if at all?
- #15 Farnborough Air Show- I'll blog the other stuff some time soon.
- #16 The "WSA+P bridge" was a commission for an individual who worked for W. S. Atkins and Partners - an engineering firm
- #17 I think are the two images for the early 1960s BBC TV programme Focus (16 May 1960) but again I'll say more
Have you got any thoughts on these? I'd love to see what you think? My next article will cover these in as much detail as I can round up.
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