Johan, who runs the only official RUF resellers in the Netherlands, commissioned this artwork as a gift to quite an illustrated individual. As it happens, Johan pays Sir Alois Ruf, the founder of RUF, a visit every year, and back then, he was looking for a special gift to give! So we decided to capture the original Yellowbird alongside the new version, which broke ground in 2017.
But we didn’t stop there. We gathered several images from RUF’s archives to find the first workshop Sir Alois worked in back in 1939 and placed it behind the cars to fill the background. In a way, Sir Alois holds his entire history in his hands. Where he began, where he broke records, and where he cemented his legacy all in one artwork!
