One of the greatest poster artists of all time, ‘Geo Ham’ was born in Laval, France on 18 September 1900, demonstrating great artistic skills from his early childhood; his inspirations a biplane flown overhead by a local politician tossing leaflets below and a 1931 motorcycle race in Laval.
At 18 he moved to Paris and enrolled at ‘Art Deco’ the National School of Decorative Arts, at 20 he drew his first cover for Omnia, a French car magazine. By 23 he was receiving regular commissions and into the 1930’s was regarded as a leader in his field commissioned by organisers of most of the leading events including the ACO.
He competed in a 2 litre V8 Derby L8 in the 1934 Le Mans classic, fuel feed problems forcing withdrawal of the car he shared with Louis Villeneuve on lap 44. The race was won by the Luigi Chinetti/Philippe Etancelin Alfa Romeo 8C2300.
His work continued into the 1960’s, he died in June 1972 in Paris.
Crop of ‘Prix de Paris’ poster , Montlhery 1958 (Geo Ham)
Credits…
The Jalopy Journal
Tailpiece…
He made a lot for the Brand Benjamin inkl an full catalog in 1923 , Ads and also 3 Cover for the Moto Revue.
Some of his Wirk for Benjamin you will find here :https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/michisbilder/sets/72157632406901470/
Thanks Michael,
shall have a good look. Do you have some pictures of your Fiat?
Mar
Yes ….a lot 😉 https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/michisbilder/sets/72157594461659042/
Fantastic, I live in Melbourne, 100km from Geelong, I know the place very well. Is there an article which explains the history of your car?
M
Build by Frank Adams (Victoria) 1930….he use an Fiat 509 and parts from Austin. He prepare the Fiat 509 Engine with an double caburettor and use the car for racing. I think he was inspiered by the works Fiat 509 SM (Spinto Monza). He had the car until the 1960 and sold it. In the 70th the car was driven by Peter Cole and he used it also for Racing and Events (e.g. geelong). 1999 the car coming to Uk and 2001 to Germany where i bought it. I have a lot of documents inkl. Letters from Frank Adams….i also had years ago contact to his son. I always think about to bring the car to the Geelong Revival and invitatet Frank Adams Son to drive his fathers car with me.
Yes to bring the car to Australia would be great, I think this years Geelong Sprints were last weekend. It’s an interesting car! The just ‘recreated’ Fiat S76 claims a chassis found in Australia. Mark
The S76 is a great Story incld. a long journey for finding original parts. He have the original engine (Nr.2) and chassis (nr.1)
http://michisoldtimer.com/2006/11/16/das_auto_gibts_tatsachlich1337242/