Over the past 20 years the fine art trade polls
have placed Gerlad Coulson in the Top Ten Best Selling Artists no less than 15
times and on three occasions he has been the top selling artist. This record
was never previously achieved. Gerald Coulson is without doubt regarded as one of
the world's foremost landscape and aviation artists of all time. Gerald Coulson has been painting for over 60
years and in 1955 was elected to membership of the Society of Aviation
Artists which was reformed as the Guild of Aviation Artists in the 1970's. Gerald was one of the founder members.
Gerald Coulson's first consuming interest is
aircraft, which he studied at every opportunity. He served eight years in the
Royal Air Force before joining British European Airways as an aircraft engineer
at London Airport. This time in the RAF and as a aircraft engineer proved invaluable to his painting,
as it provided unlimited subject matter. His knowledge of aircraft engineering and drawing ability allowed him to move into
the world of technical illustration and he spent ten years illustrating
technical manuals for civil and military aircraft. During this time he learned to fly and made his
first solo flight in a de Havilland Tiger Moth. Gerald Coulson has since flown
a number of other types of aircraft, a valuable asset to his
paintings. Gerald has also produced some of the world's top
landscape paintings, produced over the past 50 years which are now very rare and
sought after. GeraldCoulsonprints.com is unquestionably the
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PRINTS
Harbour Master by Gerald Coulson. (Y)
Striking Back by Gerald Coulson.
Synchro by Gerald Coulson.
Silver Arrow by Gerald Coulson.
Summer Harvest by Gerald Coulson. (B)
Low Level Strike - 1943 by Gerald Coulson.
The Ploughman and the Sea by Gerald Coulson.
A Frosty Morning by Gerald Coulson.
SPECIAL SIGNATURES
Wing Commander Geoffrey Page DSO OBE DFC (deceased)
Geoffrey Page was born in Boxmoor on 16th May 1920. Geoffrey Page developed an early interest in aviation, which is not surprising as he had an uncle who flew during the Great War and another uncle was Sir Frederick Handley Page, the great aircraft manufacturer. Page went to Dean Close School in Cheltenham, Glouscestershire, and later went to the Imperial College to study engineering. It was at college he joined the University Air Squadron at Northolt. Two weeks after the outbreak of the Second World War, Geoffrey Page received his call-up papers and joined the RAF with the rank of Acting Pilot Officer and went to Cranwell for advanced training. In May 1940 after a short period of instructing, Page was posted to 66 Squadron, flying Supermarine Spitfires but was almost immediately re-assigned to 56 Squadron where he was to fly the Hawker Hurricane. Whilst as a pilot officer with 56 squadron he took part in the Battles of France and Britain, and had accounted for three kills by the time he was shot down on the 12th August 1940 during the Battle of Britain. Flying behind his commanding officer, who was attacking a large formation of Dornier Do17 bombers, his Hurricane was hit and caught fire. Burning high-octane fuel sprayed into the cockpit, covering Page, resulting in very bad burns to his face and hands. Page parachuted out and his Hurricane crashed into the sea. After being picked up from the sea he was taken to the burns unit at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, where he was treated by Sir Archibald MacIndoe, a pioneering plastic surgeon. He spent the next two years in hospital undergoing numerous plastic surgery operations. Both of his hands were burnt down to the bone, and his head had swollen to three times its normal size. Page had also received gunshot wounds to his legs. Page became a founding member of the Guinea Pig Club, where Sir Archibald MacIndoe was elected life time president and Geoffrey Page was its first chairman. In late 1942 he re-joined operations again as a Flight Lieutenant. He joined No.132 Squadron as a supernumerary Flight Lieutenant, before volunteering for service in North Africa, but returned to the UK as the desert heat caused problems on his skin grafts. In July 1943 he won his first DFC. Later in the year he joined 122 Squadron as a Flight Commander, before re-joining No.132 Squadron in January 1944 as Commanding Officer. On 29th April 1944 Page led his squadron to strafe Deelen airfield in Holland, and attacked a Bf110 night fighter that was landing. Despite the odds, the Bf110 shot down two Spitfires, before Page forced the aircraft down and destroyed it. The pilot of the Bf110 was the famous Major Hans-Joachim Jabs, who survived. Page was later promoted Wing Leader of 125 wing, and after another DFC he won the DSO at the end of 1944. Page had achieved his goal of 15 victories (10 solo, 5 shared, and 3 damaged). After the war on a tour of the United States met his wife to be, the daughter of a British Hollywood actor. He left the R.A.F. in 1948 joining Vickers Armstrong. In retirement, Page remained the driving force of the Guinea Pig Club, and also founded the Battle of Britain Trust. This raised more than one million pounds, with which the Battle of Britain memorial was erected overlooking the Straits of Dover. In 1995 he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Sadly Alan Geoffrey Page DSO, OBE, DFC and Bar died 3rd August 2000.
Gerald Coulson has been painting
professionally for over 30 years. the Fine Art Guild have placed him
among the top ten best selling UK artists no less than 15 times in 12
years - 3 times at No. 1. Coulson's first love was aircraft,
studying them and drawing them at every opportunity, from an early
age. His apprenticeship as an aircraft engineer then as an RAF
Technician and later an engineer with British Airways, have allowed him an
insight and intimate knowledge of the aircraft he paints. Now a Vice
President, he is a founder member of the Guild of Aviation Artists and
four times winner of the Flight International Trophy for outstanding
aviation painting. He qualified for his pilots licence in 1960 and
is still actively flying today - mostly vintage aircraft and can often be
seen buzzing over the Fens of Cambridgeshire in a Tiger Moth.
Whatever the subject, whether aviation, landscape or portrait, his ability
to capture the realism and mood of the scene is unsurpassed, making him
one of the most collected and highly regarded artists in the world today.
