1956 Maserati 250F #3

"Painting with Light"

Dimensions 42.54cm x 53.84cm

About the Design

Known as one of the pillars of Italian automotive design, Medardo Fantuzzi of Bologna was born in 1906. He found his way to Modena and began a life of creating automotive perfection. He reached his pinnacle in the 1950s and 60s. His designs for Maserati and Ferrari are refined masterpieces of grace and beauty.

You will find Fantuzzi in the lines that grace the Maserati A6 GCS, Maserati 350S, Maserati 200S, Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Spyder, Ferrari 330, OSCA Barchetta 1500cc 372FS and the 1957 Maserati 450S. These lines of grace that also formed the 1956 Maserati 250F were born in the mind of Fantuzzi while working for Maserati as the in house designer.

Mark Bisset of Primotipo sums the Maserati 250F this way. “Clothed in bodywork worthy of the finest Italian courtiers, to me it is the best looking front engined grand prix car of all. It epitomizes everything that was, and is great about Italian design, engineering, styling and construction. The cars performance matched its looks, it made its debut in the 1954 Argentinian Grand Prix winning the race in Fangio’s hands. The 250F won eight Championship Grands’ Prix in total and countless Non-Championship events in the hands of dozens of drivers through to 1960.”

Enjoy the beauty and genius that is Fantuzzi in these images of the 1956 Maserati 250F.