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Jason Askew art prints of the
Zulu War. Prints include Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, Hlobane and Ulundi.
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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
someone 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 flying
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
commissioned 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 battle scenes 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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Isandlwana 22nd January 1879 - Saving The Guns by Jason Askew
The painting shows one of the two seven pounder guns and gun team attempting to retreat at speed as they are overrun. The British force consisted of 2 guns and 70 men of N Battery, 5th Brigade, Royal Artillery, 5 companies of 1st Battalion, the 24th Foot, 1 company of 2nd Battalion, the 24th Foot and Mounted volunteers and Natal Police and two companies of the Natal Native Infantry. The losses during the battle were 52 British officers and 806 non-commissioned ranks killed and 471 Africans died fighting for the British. Zulu warrior dead were around 2,000 dead either on the field or from wounds. There were only around 60 Europeans survived the battle.
Signed open edition print. Image size 24 inches x 14 inches (61cm x 36cm). Price £56.00
ITEM CODE JA0003
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Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 - Defending the Store House by Jason Askew
By about 6pm the Zulu attacks had extended all around the front of the post, and fighting raged at hand-to-hand along the mealie-bag wall. Lieutenant Chard himself took up a position on the barricade, firing over the mealie-bags with a Martini-Henry, whilst Lieutenant Bromhead directed any spare men to plug the gaps in the line. The men in the yard and on the front wall were dangerously exposed to the fire of Zulu marksmen posted in the rocky terraces on Shiyane (Oskarsberg) hill behind the post. Several men were hit, including Acting Assistant Commissary Dalton, and Corporal Allen of the 14th. Surgeon Reynolds treated the wounded as best he could despite the fire. Once the veranda at the front of the hospital had been abandoned, the Zulus had mounted a determined attack on the building itself, setting fire to the thatched roof with spears tied with burning grass. The defenders were forced to evacuate the patients room by room, eventually passing them out through a small window into the open yard. Shortly after 6pm Chard decided that the Zulu pressure was too great, and ordered a withdrawal to a barricade of biscuit boxes which had been hastily erected across the yard, from the corner of the store-house to the front mealie-bag wall. In this small compound the garrison would fight for their lives throughout most of the coming night.
Signed open edition. Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm). Price £48.00
Open edition. Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm). Price £40.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
ITEM CODE JA0005
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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 someone 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 flying
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
commissioned 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 battle scenes 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.
Jason Askew presenting a recent painting to the
Gurkha Regiment.
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