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Who Was Peter Endsleigh Castle?
Aviation historians, aircraft enthusiasts, modelers, and others fascinated by airplanes may not know his name, but many have spent countless hours poring over his work. Peter Endsleigh Castle (1918-2008) was the leading aviation illustrator in the 1960s and 1970s. His highly accurate and artistically rendered aircraft studies appeared in numerous books and magazines with a look and style that made them instantly recognizable.
Castle began his art career as a teenager in his native London, apprenticing in the art department of the Evening Standard newspaper in the 1930s. During WWII, Castle served in the Air Intelligence branch of Britain's Air Ministry, illustrating enemy aircraft for recognition training. He continued with Air Intellgence for a few years after the war, then launched a freelance career in commercial and advertising art in 1950, with an emphasis on aviation. |