Peter Helck was born in New York City in 1893. He studied art at the Art Students League in Manhattan and later studied in England with muralist Frank Brangwyn. From the 1920's through the 1940's Helck was very successful as a magazine illustrator and advertising artist.

Known for his superbly detailed renderings of automobiles and trains as well as masterful landscape paintings, Peter Helck (1893-1988) brought a passionate involvement to everything he touched.

Peter Helck (June 17, 1893 – April 22, 1988) was an American illustrator who specialized in depicting racecars. Helck estimated that he had produced more than 600 sketches, drawings and paintings during his career. Helck was born on June 17, 1893 in Manhattan, New York.

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2020年11月23日 · Peter Helck, an American artist with the talent to make his art speed off the page, decided on a profession at age 13. Seldom does a man achieve childhood dreams with the success that Helck did!

Quite capable of drawing the human side for the slicks (Saturday Evening Post, American, Woman's Home Companion, Cosmopolitan), he is best known for painting man and machine, especially, the automobile.

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So what of Peter Helck’s art? He is probably best known for his large paintings of early American road racing, the most famous being eight paintings as part of the series of ‘Great Moments in American Sport’, completed for Esquire magazine in the late 1940’s.