David Rowlands Military Artist

Military artist David Rowlands superb range of historical military prints of the history of the British Army are available in open and limited edition art prints and a new range of superb giclee canvas print. Available from the military art print company, subsidiary of Cranston Fine Arts.

David Rowlands has had a passion for sketching British soldiers and their equipment ever since he was a boy. After completing his studies at Manchester University in 1977, he joined the staff of the Reading Room at the National Army Museum, working full-time as a professional artist. Keenly interested in the history of British campaigns, uniforms and tactics, he has painted many historical battle scenes with great attention to accuracy and detail. This has resulted in widespread recognition of his work with the result that he has been commissioned to record the activities of many Regiments in the present day. These commissions have taken him frequently to Northern Ireland, as well as Germany, Cyprus, Hong Kong and Gibraltar. In 1991 David Rowlands was the only artist invited by the Army to visit the Gulf. Attached to a Warrior crew of 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, he observed the work of the various Arms at first hand, enabling him to complete many accurate paintings for Regiments and Corps engaged in the conflict. Early in 1993 he was the first war artist to visit Bosnia and record the British troops in Operation GRAPPLE 1. Invited by Headquarters National Support Element, he traveled extensively on convoys and sketched the operations from Split to Vitez and Travnik. Several paintings have been commissioned by the participating units, including one of 7 Armoured Workshop REME at Gornji Vakul. Over the past ten years David has been sent regularly to Iraq and Afghanistan for projects involving many of the British and Nato forces. He has probably spent as much time overseas gathering information for these projects as he has spent in the UK. He is certainly one of the major military artists of the past 20 years. Many of these fine paintings are now available as signed edition art prints and canvases.

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Signed edition print. £58.00

Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. £135.00

Open edition print. £13.00

Open edition print, signed. £28.00

Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. £500.00

Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. £390.00

The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders by David Rowlands.
1st Battalion in action at Escaut Canal, Belgium, May 1940. The last Highland Regiment to wear a kilt in battle, attacking the Germans at the River Escaut.

Signed edition print. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £58.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £135.00
Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm). Price £13.00
Open edition print, signed. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm). Price £28.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00

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Nine O Nine by Philip West.

Item Price : £125

Channel Dash Heroes by Philip West.

Item Price : £95

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Signed edition. £58.00

Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. £95.00

Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. £500.00

Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. £390.00

Howay the Lads by David Rowlands.
Y Company of 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers assault Bridge 2 over the Shatt al Basrah waterway under heavy fire on the morning of 23rd March 2003.

Signed edition. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £58.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £95.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00

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Faster Boys - Give Them Hell! Loos, September 25th 1915 by Jason Askew.

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Donald MacLaren by Ivan Berryman.

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Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Special Promotion : This print is 30% off for a limited time only! £420.00

Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. £390.00

Sergeant John McAulay, 1st Battalion Scots Guards Winning the VC at Fontaine Notre Dame, France 27th November 1917 By David Rowlands. (GL)

Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Special Promotion : This print is 30% off for a limited time only! Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £420.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00

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Donald MacLaren by Ivan Berryman.

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Leutnant Hermann Becker by Ivan Berryman.

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4 Regiment in the attack, Operation DESERT STORM, Iraq, 26th February 1991. by David Rowlands. The painting shows the three Lynx and three Gazelles from 4 Regiment ordered to assist the Queens Royal Irish Hussars attack objective PLATINUM. Observing the left flank are two Gazelles, XX 395 commanded by Sgt Thompson and flown by Cpl Tween, and XZ 372 commanded by SSgt Daly, flown by Lt Tilley; with Lynx XZ 215, commanded by Capt Avery US Army and his pilot Sgt Isherwood, in support. In the foreground are Lynx XZ 199 commanded by Capt Morley and flown by SSgt Seymour, engaging Iraqi armour, and Lynx XZ 221, commanded by Sgt Maddison and flown by Cpl Long, engaging enemy MTLBs. The aircraft destroyed four enemy tanks and six enemy personnel carriers without loss. The attack was commanded by Major Eustace, from Gazelle XZ 338 flown by Sgt Church, and was the first ever use by the British Army of Lynx TOW missiled in combat.
The Bank Job by David Rowlands.   Operation Magpie, Mostar, Bosnia, 18th April 2001. 2nd Battalion the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment and C Squadron, 1st The Queens Dragoon Guards, with Royal Engineers in support, gained entry to the Hercegovacka Bank during the night. They seized funds and evidence proving links between politicians and illegal activities that threatened peace and stability in the region.
Royal Air Force Germany by David Rowlands.   The Disbandment Parade, Rheindahlen, 20th April 1993.
2nd Battalion, Reme by David Rowlands.   Operation Agricola, Kosovo, February - September 1999.
Operation Barras, 10th September 2000 by David Rowlands. Special Forces Lynx 657 Squadron Army Air Corps and Chinooks from 7 Squadron Royal Air Force in direct fire support to the United Kingdom Special Forces hostage rescue mission in Sierra Leone
The Battle of Imjin, Crash Action by David Rowlands. On 25th April 1951, Lieutenant John Mole, in command of the remaining section of the Royal Ulster Rifles 3 inch mortars, dismounted in the open and replied with rapid mortar fire on to the slopes from which a hail of machine-gun fire swept the valley floor. The surviving tanks of C Squadron the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars kept up a heavy fire on the Chinese formations swarming down the valley slopes.
The 20th Foot at the Battle of Inkerman, 5th November 1854 by David Rowlands. The battle of Inkerman, during the Crimean War, British and French victory over the Russian Empire.The 33rd (Duke of Wellingtons) Regiment storming the Great Redoubt at the Battle of Alma, 20th September 1854 by David Rowlands
The Battle of Culloden, 16th April 1746 by David Rowlands.   The King's Regiment opens a deadly flanking fire on the Highlanders of the Atholl Brigade.
2nd Battalion Scots Guards at Edinburgh Castle by David Rowlands.   The installation of the Governor of Edinburgh Castle, receiving the Keys of the Castle by the Quarter Master 2nd Battalion. Summer 1991.
Battle of the Hook, Korea by David Rowlands. Centurion tank of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment firing at night during the battle of the Hook.
The Ceremony of the Keys, HM Tower of London by David Rowlands.   Depicting the 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Wales at the ceremony of the keys.
The Royal Marines Landing at San Carlos by David Rowlands. The painting shows Royal Marines landing on the beaches of San Carlos from landing craft, the Royal Marines played a major part in the British victory over the Argentineans during the Falklands War.

The Lone Piper by David Rowlands. A lone Jacobite piper plays a last farewell to fallen comrades.
Lt A Renny VC, Bengal Horse Artillery at the Delhi Magazine 1857 by David Rowlands.

Corporal Robert Grant VC and Lt Brown, 5th (Northumberland) Fusiliers Saving Pte Deveney, Returning Towards the Alambach, Lucknow after a reconnaissance 25th Sept. 1857 by David Rowlands.

Corporal Wayne Mills, 1st Battalion The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment, in Action Near Gorazde, Bosnia 29th April 1994, for which he was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross By David Rowlands.

Private Kenneth Cross, 1st Battalion The Queens Lancashire Regiment Winning the Military Medal Belfast 1973 by David Rowlands.