I just have to show you this very nice watercolour. It’s a little blue Peugeot on the Lyon racetrack during the Grand Prix de France in 1914. I'm not sure, but suspect it depicts Boillot on his last lap, just before he had to give up. The full story of this race can be read here. The watercolour was made by Jean-Marie Guivarc'h, a present-day artist whose work has been featured before on PreWarCar. Jean-Marie has in his watercolours a very realistic approach on his subjects, and a natural atmosphere, thus creating a positive feeling about times gone by. Because many of his watercolours depict scenes at Le Mans, Jean-Marie has been invited by the “Bridge Club du Mans” to hold an exposition of his work, only this time the accent will be on all kinds of pre-war cars. Which of course is exactly why I urge you to go and have a look. The exposition will be held from November 24 until January 3, 2006 in the Rue Molière in Le Mans. For more details of the exposition follow this link to Nationale7.

November 23, 2005