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Frederick Gordon Crosby

Frederick Gordon Crosby (1885 - 1943) was active/lived in United Kingdom, England.  Frederick Crosby is known for Drawing magazine illustrations of vintage automobiles, motorcycles, racing cars.

Frederick Gordon Crosby (1885 – August 1943) was an English automotive illustrator. He worked for the magazine Autocar for most of his life. His illustrations and paintings reflect the excitement and glamour that surrounded the birth and early development of the automotive industry.

Crosby attended Christ’s Hospital (Bluecoat) school, just outside London. He had no formal training as an artist, although he did attend life classes at art school some time after the start of his professional career.

In 1908 he started his career as a draughtsman in The Daimler Motor Company’s drawing office. At this time he moved into Arthur Ludlow Clayton’s home in Coventry. This was an environment full of young men, all wildly enthusiastic about the cars of the day.

Ludlow Clayton’s first job was for the Automobile Engineer, published by Iliffe, the same company that published Autocar. Clayton drew Iliffe’s attention to Crosby, who was subsequently commissioned to crea   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7380 characters.]  Artist bio

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