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Cranston Fine Arts  Military Art and Artists Featured Current Military Artists  Jason Askew |
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| Jason Askew |
Jason Askew was born in south africa, went to the Johannesburg school of art ballet,and music, and attended the City and Guilds of London Art College, Kennington. His interest in military history started as a teenager in the history of South Africa, The Zulu and South African wars, where he got his inspiration for his first major epic series of the Zulu war. Everyone doing national service had a choice of going to the army or the police. He was in the police - the police and army training being very similar. In South Africa, the police service was, and is still bearing the brunt of the civil unrest, and the crime wave (average of 19000 murders per year for the last ten years) It is through the experience of the police, and what he had to confront, that motivated him to paint these experiences, and it was very good for somoene with an interest in military history to see the effects of fighting first hand, particularly in the brutal, sometimes hand to hand killing that is the norm in South African situations. He was based at Hillbrow (the bronx of Joburg) and also served with the SAPS flyng squad. All the experiences that he had in the SAPS directly inform the paintings that Jason Askew does. : I never lose sight of the fact that real people are often caught in the middle of conflicts that are created by politicians/governments/reasons beyond the control of individuals, yet it is always individuals that suffer. Jason Askew is often commisisoned by many British and overseas regiments. 2RGR the gurkhas,The Queens Lancashire Regiment, the Coldstream Guards,the Staffordshire Regiment to name a few. He was also an official war artist for the Staffordshire Regiment in Iraq. Cranston Fine Arts are proud to be publishing a majority of art prints by Jason Askew since 2005 and are planning a major series of releases which they have commissioned over the next few months, including an outstanding series of eight First World war battlescenes of many of the major western front battles. This series started in 2007 and will be completed by the end of 2008. Also included is a series of four Battle of Waterloo and four Zulu War limited editions, all specially priced for collectors.
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Advance into Hell by Jason Askew. The Middlesex Regiment advance across No Mans Land during the Battle of the Somme. |
French Attack on Hougoumont Farm at the Battle of Waterloo by Jason Askew. The fierce attack by the French infantry on Hougoumont Farm during the battle of Waterloo. |
Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn by Jason Askew. King Edward the 2nd on the field at Bannockburn with his body guard near. He would later leave the battle in his escape as the battle was lost to Robert the Bruce. |
Tiger on the Russian Front by Jason Askew. (P) No text for this item |
Michael Wittmann - Battle of Kursk by Jason Askew. (P) Michael Wittman at the battle of Kursk. On the first day of the attack, X-Day, 5th July 1943, eleven Tigers under SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Kling move northwards to the town of Bykovka, under instructions to break through the Soviet defences located to the south and south-east of the town. The enemy forces, which included T34s, were well placed in ambush positions to thwart the German move. Wittmann's Tiger quickly took out two of the T34s and the remaining enemy vehicles quickly retreated. It was to be a dramatic day for Wittmann and his crew - during the many sorties that were undertaken, loader Walter Koch was hit in the head with splinters and the Tiger drove over a mine, damaging one of the tracks. The injured Koch was replaced by SS-Panzerschutze Max Gaube, and the Tiger was quickly towed to safety. In spite of the small misfortunes that came its way, Wittmann's Tiger had destroyed large amounts of soviet vehicles and armour, including 8 Russian tanks. |
Pather Tank - Fight for Kowel, Poland, March / April 1944 by Jason Askew. (P) Although in the process of regrouping after their escape from the Cherkassy Pocket, Panthers and Panzer Grenadiers of the crack 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking are part of the relief force hastily assembled and thrown in to free the strategically important city of Kowel in the Pripet Marshes. By April 10th the Soviet encirclement of the city was broken and Wiking were pulled out of the line to continue refitting. |
Taking Sainte-Marie-du-Mont by Jason Askew. No text for this item |
Tiger Legend - Michael Wittmann by Jason Askew. (P) Two portraits of legendary tank commander Michael Wittmann, alongside a Tiger tank. |
Private Samuel Wassall of the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) at Fugitives Drift by Jason Askew. Private Wassall, whilst escaping the debacle of Isandhlwana, was being pursued by Zulu warriors as he made his way down the Buffalo River, the border between Zululand and Natal. Wassall rode his Basuto pony into the river, but upon hearing a cry for help and seeing a man from his own regiment drowning, he turned and made his way back to the Zulu side of the river, Quickly dismounting he tied his horse to a tress, swam into the river and rescued a private called Westwood as the Zulus were sweeping along the riverbank just at the moment the Zulus rushed forward. For his act of valour in the face of the enemy Private Samuel Wassall was awarded the first of the Zulu War Victoria Crosses. |
Panther on the Russian Front by Jason Askew. (P) A German Panther tank is assisted in combat by infantry on the Russian Front in 1943. |
The Russian Front by Jason Askew. (P) A German machine gun team and a Tiger tank on the Russian Front in 1943. |
Inniskilling Dragoons at Amiens by Jason Askew. (GL) The Inniskilling Dragoons capturing a German railway gun at Harbonnieres during the battle of Amiens, 1918. |
2nd Australian Brigade fighting in Gully Ravine by Jason Askew. The 2nd Australian Brigade were brought up to reinforce the British attempt to force the Turkish positions at Achi-baba. This action developed into the second Battle of Krithia. |
Over the Top by Jason Askew. The 29th Division go over the top to the sound of the officers whistle to attack Beaumont Hamel during the battle of the Somme. The regiments of the 29th Division are the Middlesex Regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers, Dublin Fusiliers, Royal Fusiliers and the Newfoundland Regiment. |
Panther in the Ardennes by Jason Askew. (P) A Panther tank is supported by elite Panzergrenadiers in the Ardennes in 1944. |
Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division by Jason Askew. Paratroopers of Easy Company,101st Airborne Division, take cover in a doorway during the Screaming eagles' penetration of the town of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, France, on D-Day, June 6, 1944. |
The Ludendorff Offensive, Spring 1918 by Jason Askew. (GL) No text for this item |
Defence of Hougoumont Farm at the Battle of Waterloo by Jason Askew. The British 1st Foot Guards and Coldstream Guards rush to defend the gate of Hougoumont Farm against a fierce French attack during the battle of Waterloo. During the battle, the Coldstream Guards lost 97 killed, 446 wounded and 4 missing, while the 1st Foot Guards lost 125 killed and 352 wounded. |
Robert the Bruce by Jason Askew. Far ahead of Edward II's main army, marching from Falkirk to relieve Stirling Castle, rides the English vanguard. Late on that day, 23rd June 1314, these horsemen advance along the Roman road and cross Bannockburn. Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, rides out ahead of his formations to observe the enemy's advance. One of the English Knights, Sir Henry De Bohun, seeing the King's vulnerable position, gallops ahead of his fellows to engage Bruce in single combat. Undaunted, the King holds his ground. Skillfully turning his mount away from the thrust of the Knights deadly lance in one movement he swings his battle axe down upon his enemy's head with such force that the handle is shattered and the unfortunate attackers skull is split in two. |
Stug and Half-Track by Jason Askew. (P) Stug Mk.III |
Panzergrenadiers by Jason Askew. (P) Elite German Panzergrenadiers accompany a Tiger tank on the Russian Front in 1943. |
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