Lipscombe guy biography

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Year working: 1881 – 1952

Guy Lipscombe was probably one of the first UK artists to specialise in motoring. D B Tubbs in his authoritative work on motoring artists ‘Art and the Automobile’ says that Lipscombe was employed in 1903 by Temple Press to take charge of the art department at The Motor.

This is slightly surprising for a young man of 22 so he must have already established himself in the art world. Tubbs also quoted his date of birth as 1883 (which would only make him 20 years old). However, the date used above of 1881 comes from the Imperial War Museum.

The Motor was founded in January 1902 so it was very much in its infancy when Guy Lipscombe joined them.

Lipscombe guy biography wikipedia

The Motor at this date carried very few art illustrations however by 1907 we see the magazine starting to issue free colour prints. The art of Guy Lipscombe was used for one of these issued on the 14th November 1907. Three prints were issued entitled ̵