Around the Mark - Monaco 1914
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Howard Pixton banks his Sopwith Tabloid floatplane around the turning mark during the 1914 Schneider Trophy at Monaco, the little biplane above the deep blue Mediterranean. A competitor can be seen in the distance, flying low past the historic shoreline.
Pixton's victory on 20 April 1914 was a landmark in early British aviation. The Sopwith Tabloid — originally designed as a wheeled landplane — had been hastily fitted with floats for the contest, yet it completed the 28-lap course reaching a speed of 86.78 mph, lapping the entire field and finishing two laps ahead of the nearest rival.
The Schneider Trophy was established as the premier proving ground for high-speed aircraft design — a tradition that would culminate in the Supermarine racers of the late 1920s and the development of the Spitfire.
The Monaco coastline provides a backdrop of sun-bleached architecture against the deep blue of the sea. This painting exhibited with the Guild of Aviation Artists in 2026 and won the Pioneer Trophy. Signed lower right, dated lower left, with '1914 Schneider Trophy' written in the lower centre.
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Oil painter specialising in maritime subjects. I've exhibited seven times with the Royal Society of Marine Artists, becoming a membership candidate in 2026. Works held in private collections across ten countries.
