European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Randy Barnett motor sports editor automobile museums abound in Europe Many of them among the finest in the world. But few of them can boast of housing an important automotive Art gallery As part of the Overall design. The Rosso Bianco automobile museum in Aschaffenbur West Germany can make that boast. Its Art and Auto forum opened in Une. Situated on two Large floors the Art and Auto forum features a Large and Brilliant collection of some 600 works that please not Only the Auto Buff but the racing fan As Well. And even if one has no great interest in cars the paintings and sculptures stand on their own As Superb Art in abstract and modern form As Well As in the traditional approach. Paintings in Oil and Watercolour and drawings in Chalk and other mediums Are featured with the sizes of the pictures ranging from Gigantic to  the collection includes materials that go Back to the beginning of the automobile. There Are Art Deco racing posters of the 1930s, for instance and the Monaco collection is especially Brilliant. I he Art covers both the automobile s history and the history of motor sport. A Long Hall a with paintings and statues on both sides and an Auto Motif stained Glass window at its end a leads the visitor into the main gallery. It is a huge room that features some equally huge paintings. There is one of a Ferrari that  panels of Canvas to make Complete. Many of the world s top  Are represented among them the englishmen Dexter Brown and . Watts Leinz Jurgen Wagner and Carlo demand of Germany Jorge a Ferreyra Basso of Argentina Ken Dallison of Canada and Rene Vincent of France. The american artist Andy Warhol who did Many automotive Art works shortly before his death in 1987, is also represented. Huge movable easels Are used throughout the main gallery to ,. Accommodate special events and showings. The smaller gallery beneath the main one features primarily conventional size paintings a Small studio situated above the main gallery houses paintings lithographs and posters that Are for Sale to museum visitors. The Art and Auto forum is open saturdays and sundays from 10 . To 6 . And on weekdays by appointment Telephone 06021-21358. Both the gallery and the museum Are closed on mondays. From november through March the gallery will be open on sundays Only from 10 to 6 . Entrance fees Are 5 Marks about $3,25 for adults 4 Marks per person for groups of 20 or More 3 Marks for students and 2 Marks each for students in groups of 30 or More. /. A. A for directions to the Rosso Bianco Art gallery and museum see the Story on pages 4 and 5. 1 v it Quot  artist Dexter Brown s painting of a race car. Quot in Quot a hand built Bugatti and a painting of same make up an artwork. Or la Mati in the raid by British artist , Watts