Concours d'Elegance by Patrick Lesueur
Surely no form of contest has ever equalled the marriage of luxury and ostentation offered for many years by the great concours d'elegance. Elitist perhaps but their sheer magnificence seems just as fascinating now as it did in the first half of the 20th Century. It should be remembered that these events allowed the most celebrated artists and artisans boundless freedom of expression. Everything was put into the melting-pot to achieve one end - the realisation of a dream. The vital step for organisers of such events was to choose a venue famous for its air of leisurely hedonism, such as Longchamp, Deauville, Cannes, La Baule, Vichy, Nice or Enghien, where costly automobiles, their elegant silhouettes crafted by the great names of contemporary coachwork, could parade. To enhance the atmosphere, these exotic creations were presented by pretty ladies, mostly recruited from fashionable society, dressed in the latest fashion by the leading Parisian couturiers in an attempt to achieve the best possible symbiosis with the machines that they accompanied.Patrick Lesueur, a motoring enthusiast, was born in the tranquil village of Brunoy on the outskirts of Paris in 1952. CSsar Marchand, his grandpa and a close friend of Gabriel Voisin and AndrS Citrou00ebn, broke 85% of all existing endurance records between 1925 and 1937. Patrick began painting illustrated cartoons for the popular magazine Pilote after graduating from the Beaux-arts in Paris in 1970. He worked for the company until the mid-1980s, producing around fifty publications during that time. Patrick began writing for antique car journals in the 1990s, focusing on American cars, particularly Ford Motor Company products (he owns a 1952 Lincoln Capri hardtop).
David Burgess-Wise is the author of over 30 driving books, including specifically commissioned centennial history of Daimler and Vauxhall, as well as this book.David Burgess-Wise is the author of over 30 motoring books, including specially commissioned centennial histories of Daimler and Vauxhall, as well as this book. He's worked on big projects including Delage, Amilcar, Bugatti, and the Swiss Grand Prix. He publishes Aston, the award-winning journal of the Aston Martin preservation trust, and is a regular writer to the leading antique automobile magazine The Automobile. He is a member of the advisory council of Britain's national Motor Museum. David Burgess-Wise is a well-known motoring journalist with a particular interest in early vehicles. He owns a skiffbodied 1926 Delage Diss and a 1903 de Dion-Bouton.
He writes a regular column for The Automobile. He resides in the county of Essex in the United Kingdom.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781854432506 |
| ISBN 10 | 1854432508 |
| Title | Concours d'Elegance |
| Author | Patrick Lesueur |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Dalton Watson Fine Books |
| Year published | 2011-08-16 |
| Number of pages | 205 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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