Bernd Reuters (1901-1958) was one of the best-known automobile illustrators of his day. Today he's probably most remembered for his catalog images for Volkswagen that I wrote about
here.
Reuters also wrote and illustrated articles for German magazines. One such article dealt with streamlining, an automobile design matter that was gaining increasing attention by the early 1930s. A recent book devoted to him ("
Bernd Reuters - Wegbereiter der modernen Automobil-Werbegrafik" by Werner Schollenberger, Karren Publishing, 2021) cited that article and included two illustration he made for it.
One of those illuatrations was a profile view of his design. It struck me as being similar to the 1935 C28 Aérosport design by
Voisin. The comparison is in the Gallery, below.
Gallery
Bernd Reuters' streamliner design dated 1931 that appeared in Sport im Bild (Sport in Pictures) magazine. In the background is a shadow image of a conventional contemporary car. The images are scaled so as to have the same wheelbase.
The closest comparison to Reuters' design is this 1935 Voisin C28 Aérosport - RM Sotheby's photo. Was Gabriel Voisin aware of Reuters' design?
Also somewhat similar in feeling is the 1934-35 Voisin C28 Aérodyne -- unknown image source.
Another 1934-35 Voisin C28 Aérodyne -- seen at Pebble Beach, unknown image source. These are four-door cars, as is Reuters' concept.
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