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 "We Guide To Strike"
A testament to the courage of the legendary Pathfinders of No. 8 Group
Flying ahead of the main bomber stream, a Lancaster of 156 Squadron Pathfinder Force makes a run over its target in the heavily defended industrial Ruhr Valley. Extreme concentration can be observed in the crews eyes as they focus on their critical task of marking the target. The Ruhr, the greatest industrial area in the whole of Germany, was the most heavily defended target in the world. The Ruhr Valley was nearly always covered by an almost permanent smoke-haze which, at night made visual pin-pointing of towns below nearly impossible. The Pathfinder force was able to penetrate the industrial pollution with aircraft equipped with the blind-bombing devise known as Oboe. This technology afforded the ability to seek out targets regardless of weather conditions and illuminate desired areas with brilliant target markers which reflected back up from the ground through the haze. The application of the crews precise identification of the target locations will enable the following bomber strikes to be incisively accurate further crippling the German war effort.
“We Guide To Strike” (motto of No: 8 Pathfinder Force Group)
This 26" by 18" image size print, 31" by 23" overall, limited to 156, is signed by the artist.
Also available in an Edition signed and numbered with 14 signatures of the Aircrew of 156 Squadron Pathfinder Force - limited to 400 - $240
Aircrew of 156 Squadron Pathfinder Force Signing “We Guide to Strike”
Group Captain G Womersley DSO* DFC MID Pilot Flight Lieutenant W Cleland DSO DFC Pilot Flight Lieutenant T Timperley DFC Pilot Flight Lieutenant H Hernaman DFC Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Wing Commander W Bagg OBE DFC Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Pilot Officer D Briggs DFC Flight Engineer/Bomb Aimer Warrant Officer J Chapman DFM Flight Engineer/Bomb Aimer Flying Officer C Dee Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Flight Sergeant C Follit DFM Air Gunner Flying Officer W Kerry Navigator Warrant Officer R Noye DFC Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Flight Lieutenant D Reed DFM Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Warrant Officer J McCrum DFM Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Warrant Officer J Watson DFM Flight Engineer/ Bomb Aimer
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