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Cunard to Canada

            The Postcard

A postally unused postcard that was published by Santoro Graphics Ltd. of Rotherham. The card was printed in England.

The back of the card states that the artwork was by Colin Ashford.

Colin Ashford

Colin Ashworth was a painter and illustrator in oil and watercolour. He was born in 1919 in Ackworth, Yorkshire and attended Wakefield School of Art from 1933 - 1937. 

Colin first flew when he was about twelve years of age, in an open top biplane which he later discovered was flown by a Great War pilot.

He attended Glasgow School of Art from 1937 – 1939, under W.  O. Hutchison and Tom Purvis. 

Colin fought in the Second World War, sustaining injuries during a battle against two Panzer divisions whilst trying to hold the Allied front in Belgium. He returned home with bullet wounds to the legs and severe shell shock.

Following three months of treatment in England he went back into battle with The Royal Engineers in North Africa and Italy. Following the end of the war he worked in publishing for many years whilst maintaining his painting.

Ashford worked in advertising studios and magazine publishing before going freelance as a painter and illustrator. He was a founder-member of the Guild of Aviation Artists, and a fellow of the Central Institute of Art and Design. 

Colin stated that:

"I was influenced by marine artists of the 
1920's and 1930's, also poster illustrators 
of the same period”. 

Colin took part in group exhibitions at RSMA and RI, and had solo shows in Kent galleries. Historical marine and aviation subjects were a speciality. 

The Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford are among collections holding examples of Colin's work.

Colin died in 2020.

Taken on: July 4, 2024

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