GIL COHEN
A highly schooled fine arts illustrator, Gil Cohen studied under Henry C. Pitz at the Philadelphia College of Art. In 1955, Cohen served as artist with the SHAEF Headquarters, Military Intelligence U.S. Army in West Germany.
His subsequent career as a freelance artist included service to a multitude of clients including the U.S. Information Agency, the National Park Service, Paramount Pictures, Bantam Books, Harlequin Books, Random House, Holt Reinhart Winston, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Coast Guard, Warner-Lambert and Boeing-Sikorsky.
Truly a "gold medal artist" Gil Gohen's exhibitions and awards are numerous. They include the National Military Park system, the Kennedy Center and the Pentagon. He has been awarded gold medals and best of shows by the American Society of Aviation Artists and has received the certificate of merit from the New York Society of Illustrators, as well as the Franklin Mint Award. Cohen is a member of the Air Force Art Program, the New York Society of Illustrators and serves as Coast Guard Illustrator. As an Artist Fellow Member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, he has held the position of Vice President and Chairman of the Exhibition Committee.
He also has a great interest in history and aviation which is reflected in much of his work. His vivid interest in the human aspects of the various wars throughout the centuries zeros in on the interactions between men, which eventually have lead to confrontations and successive warring between peoples and nations. He is continually mystified by the recurring observations that some of the most beautiful mechanisms of engineering, designed by humans, are often created by man for the purpose of war.
Cohen's creative energies are excited and stimulated by the abstract and geometric shapes of structures of all kinds. He has a keen interest in outer space and related subjects.
Gil Cohen Signed and numbered Limited Edition Print "Eyes of the Eighth"
Superb Limited Edition Tribute to the Secret Air War Waged by the Unsung Heroes of the 25th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force
This most recent in a fine series, by celebrated historical artist Gil Cohen, sheds further light upon the activities of the Eighth Air Force during WWII, in particular those extraordinary assignments carried out by the men of the 25th Bomb Group.
The artist takes us back in time to a remote place in the English countryside: Station 376 at Watton. The activities that take place here are classified secret. The missions flown by the young airmen of the 25th BG are clandestine affairs, often carried out under the cloak of night under circumstances of extreme danger.
As we look at this wonderful painting, we have a sense of our own participation in the busy preparations to which we are witness. Still wet from a brief rainshower that has passed through the area, the tarmac is bathed in the fading colors of twilight. It will soon be dark.
The damp air sends a shiver through the crew chief as he goes through his check list to make sure the DeHavilland Mosquito Mk XVI is in prime operating condition for tonight's mission.
The secret mission upon which these airmen are about to embark, will take them deep into the heart of Nazi Germany. They will fly alone and unarmed with stealth and speed as their only defense. The photographs they will bring back will be crucial to briefings for future bombing missions.
Collectors with a passionate interest in the history of the air war in Europe will certainty appreciate this extraordinary work of art. It is truly a breathtaking image!
This 36-1/2" by 15" image size print, 39-1/2" by 18-1/2" overall, limited to 850, is signed by the artist.
A Limited Edition print is restricted to a certain number. For example, if 400 prints are made from an original painting, once they’re gone, that’s it. There is no limit to the number of open edition prints of a particular painting. That’s why Limited Edition prints are more expensive — and more valuable to collectors — than "open" edition. Rare objects are more valuable.
All Limited Edition prints are signed and numbered (S/N) individually and include a Certificate of Authenticity.
An Artist Proof (AP), generally, is the first 5% - 10% of the Limited Edition prints that come off the press. If the Limited Edition is 400 s/n, there would be 20 - 40 APs. This status is noted on the print. Collectors prefer APs because their value increases even more than a Limited Edition as time goes by.
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