Georges Hamel (20 January 1948 – 26 February 2014) was a Canadian country music singer and songwriter from Quebec. Hamel was born in Sainte-Françoise, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. Over the course of his 40-year career, Hamel recorded 44 LPs, won four Félix Awards from ADISQ and sold over two million records. In 2014, Hamel was the recipient of the Excellence Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards held in Montreal. He died in Drummondville, Centre-du-Québec in February 2014, at the age of 66.
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Georges Hamel (* 20. Januar 1948 in , Kanada; † 26. Februar 2014 in Drummondville) war ein kanadischer Sänger frankophoner Country-Musik. Im Laufe seiner vierzigjährigen Karriere nahm Hamel 44 Langspielplatten auf, gewann vier Félix Awards und verkaufte über zwei Millionen Tonträger. (de)
Georges Hamel (20 January 1948 – 26 February 2014) was a Canadian country music singer and songwriter from Quebec. Hamel was born in Sainte-Françoise, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. Over the course of his 40-year career, Hamel recorded 44 LPs, won four F •
Géo Ham
French painter and illustrator
Géo Ham, Georges Hamel (18 September 1900 in Laval, Mayenne, France – June 1972 in Paris) was a French painter and illustrator.
He is known for his illustrations of aeroplanes or automobiles which appeared in L'Illustration. He also illustrated numerous posters advertising major motor races in France including the Le Mans 24 hour race and the Monaco Grand Prix.
In 1918, he was received at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs.
He was appointed as an Official Peintre de l'Air in 1931.
Géo Ham competed in the 1934 Le Mans 24 hour race in a 2 litre Derby. He did not finish the race as transmission problems forced him to withdraw.
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Jacques Mortane, ill. Géo Ham: Large aircraft raids, Ed. Mame, 1936
Roland Tessier, Illustrations by Géo Ham: Henri Guillaumet, Éditions Flammarion, 1947
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Geo Ham
18/9/1900 - 30/6/1972
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An automotive enthusiast and part time racing driver, Ham is regarded as one of the world's finest automotive artists.
Geo Ham is regarded as one of the world’s finest automotive artists, and although he had no descendants to carry on the family name, he left behind a legacy of paintings and posters that will immortalize him forever.
Born in 1900 as George Hamel, he later became known as Geo Ham. His work is noted for its technical accuracy and painstaking reality. An automotive enthusiast and part time racing driver, Ham duplicated the precise position of every component of the automobile, and often exaggerated details to simulate movement. Along with watercolor and gouache paintings, Ham sketched many caricatures depicting the personality of the drivers and their automobiles.
He competed in the 1934 Le Mans race in a 2 liter Derby, and although fuel problems forced him to withdrawal it enabled him to capture more of the essence of the race.
Early in his career, Ham was commissioned by Benjamin, the Fre