Helck
Helck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * (died 1770), German mathematician, teacher, and author of a collection of fables * Peter Helck (1893−1988), American illustrator * Wolfgang Helck Hans Wolfgang Helck (16 September 1914 – 27 August 1993) was a German Egyptologist, considered one of the most important Egyptologists of the 20th century. From 1956 until his retirement in 1979 he was a professor at the University of Hamburg. ...

Peter Helck
Peter Helck (June 17, 1893 – April 22, 1988) was an American illustrator who specialized in depicting racecars. Helck estimated that he had produced more than 600 sketches, drawings and paintings during his career. Biography Helck was born on June 17, 1893 in Manhattan, New York. He developed an interest in automobiles at a young age, and as a boy caught rides with the racing driver who tested Simplex cars. Helck attended the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup, held on Long Island. Helck studied art in New York City, where he could observe the new automobiles displayed in showrooms. His first sale was to the Brighton Beach Motordrome, and he was soon receiving commissions from the Sheepshead Bay Speedway. Helck worked for many of the major automobile magazines, in particular ''The Autocar''; work for which brought him to England, and to major races in France and Italy. During the 1930s Helck was commissioned by the Sinclair Oil Company to produce a large format road map. This map did much ...
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