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BMW Art Car Illustration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a young auctioneer and racing driver, Herv\u00e9 Poulain wanted to somehow unite his twin passions \u2013 art and speed. He suggested to a constructor that he should be given a car that he could have decorated by an eminent contemporary artist, with the idea of making it an Art Car. It was Jochen Neerpasch, founder of BMW Motorsport, who supported him in this innovative project \u2013 where art and industry would co-exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calder and Herv\u00e9 Poulain
Herv\u00e9 Poulain turned to Alexander Calder to create the first Art Car. After buying a scale model of a 3.0 CSL from a toy shop, Herv\u00e9 set off for Sach\u00e9 in the Touraine region, where the artist could often be found. At the end of lunch, Calder took a blank piece of paper and wrote out his commitment for Neerpasch \u2013 \u2018OK to paint the car of Poulain and his colts regards to everyone\u2019 (the French word \u2018Poulain\u2019 means \u2018colt\u2019 in English). From these few words, the first Art Car was born. During the subsequent race, the car was not only a roaring success with spectators, but also with professionals such as Leo Castelli and Arman, who introduced artists to Herv\u00e9 Poulain. – Artcurial <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Alexander Calder’s BMW 3.0 CS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I took my time to create this from multiple photos and all told it was 40-50 hours of work. Each highlight and each object you see on the car is a resizable, reshapeable, vector. I truly love this series of BMW cars. The 3.0 CS and the 3.0 CSL were some of the best designs that BMW has ever created. The BMW Art Cars are truly amazing and I do have another Art Car, that being the Cesar McLaren F1 GTR #05R that is in the McLaren F1 GTR<\/a> section of this site. I have the Frank Stella 1976 BMW 3.0 CSL version on the drawing board. More to come! <\/p>\n\n\n\n