Géo Ham, Georges Hamel (18 September 1900 in

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– June 1972 in

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) was a French painter and illustrator. He is known for his illustrations of aeroplanes or automobiles which appeared in ''

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''. He also illustrated numerous posters advertising major motor races in France including the Le Mans 24 hour race and the Monaco Grand Prix. In 1918, he was received at the

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. He was appointed as an Official ''Peintre de l'Air'' in 1931. Géo Ham competed in the 1934 Le Mans 24 hour race in a 2 litre Derby. He did not finish the race as transmission problems forced him to withdraw.

Works

*Jacques Mortane, ill. Géo Ham: Large aircraft raids, Ed. Mame, 1936 *Roland Tessier, Illustrations by Géo Ham: Henri Guillaumet, Éditions Flammarion, 1947

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1900 births 1972 deaths French illustrators 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters People from Laval, Mayenne Official Painter of the French Air Force {{Illustrator-stub