Northern Landscape (1957)
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© Richard Eurich Paintings / Bradford District Museums and Galleries

Northern Landscape

1957

Oil on canvas
102 x 128 cm

Private Collection, UK


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Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich. 1957

Aka: Northern Landscape [verso], Scenes of my Childhood [Christies]

Verso: Inscribed "NORTHERN LANDSCAPE RICHARD EURICH. R.A." (on a label attached to the stretcher), and Christie's label from 2014 auction

Other measurements: 102 x 128 [REP], 101.6 x 127 cm [Christie’s], 100.3 x 126.4 cm [Southampton, 1994]; 101.6 x 127 cm

England The North Yorkshire aerial viewpoint architecture bird's eye view boiler vessel building children chimney churches cities city cliffs cobble stones crowd engineering factory figure figures in a landscape hat high viewpoint hill hills house houses industrial industry lamp looking down oil painting painting railway line river scarf scarves steam traction engine street street light tunnel urban urban landscape washing waterfall weir

We used to watch the immense traction engines hauling boilers up to the mills.  It was a magnificent sight.  Those huge engines were escorted by men walking alongside who threw sacking under the wheels to help them to grip the setts.  The whole street seemed to shake with the pent up power. The columns of steam and smoke, the sweating grinning men and the boiler in tow, (usually painted red, with dark cavernous holes), all made up a scene like some tribal dance or ritual with the men casting their cloaks for their god to pass over.

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There is some chance that the provenance details of this Northern Landscape (1957), aka Scenes of my Childhood, and Northern Landscape (1947/68/75) have got mixed up.

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 4th May to 18th Aug 1957

"Summer Exhibition 1957" - Royal Academy of Arts, London

Cat 185

EXHIBITED | 1963

"Bournemouth Art Club" - Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth

priced at 400 Guineas

EXHIBITED | 16th May to 13th Jun 1964

"Five R.A.s: Charles Cundall, William Dring, R.O. Dunlop, Richard Eurich, Lord Methuen" - Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth

Cat 12; priced at £400

EXHIBITED | 27th Feb to 23rd Mar 1968

"Richard Eurich Paintings" - Arthur Tooth & Sons, London

Cat 1; priced at £600

EXHIBITED | 1969

"[exhibition title unknown]" - Ash Barn Gallery, Petersfield

ACQUIRED | June 1969

purchased from Ash Barn, Petersfield collection by D M Jacobs

EXHIBITED | 28th Jan to 13th Mar 1994

"The Edge of all the Land: Richard Eurich 1903-1992" - Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton    (toured to Manchester, Bradford, Ipswich)

Cat 57, illustrated

AUCTIONED | 26th Jun 2014

"Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale" - Christie’s, London

lot 178, illustrated; price realised £50,000

IN COLLECTION | 2017

Private Collection, UK

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - June 1969 - purchased from Ash Barn, Petersfield collection by D M Jacobs
  • AUCTIONED - 26th Jun 2014 - "Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale", Christie’s, London
    lot 178, illustrated; price realised £50,000
  • IN COLLECTION - 2017 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 4th May to 18th Aug 1957 - "Summer Exhibition 1957", Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Cat 185
  • 1963 - "Bournemouth Art Club", Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth
    priced at 400 Guineas
  • 16th May to 13th Jun 1964 - "Five R.A.s: Charles Cundall, William Dring, R.O. Dunlop, Richard Eurich, Lord Methuen", Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth
    Cat 12; priced at £400
  • 27th Feb to 23rd Mar 1968 - "Richard Eurich Paintings", Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
    Cat 1; priced at £600
  • 1969 - "[exhibition title unknown]", Ash Barn Gallery, Petersfield
  • 28th Jan to 13th Mar 1994 - "The Edge of all the Land: Richard Eurich 1903-1992", Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton    (toured to Manchester, Bradford, Ipswich)
    Cat 57, illustrated

Notes:

  • None recorded.

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Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 


Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 


Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 


Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

Related  

Boiler delivery, Busby's, Bradford 1937-38.

Boiler delivery, Busby's, Bradford 1937-38.
Image © Bradford District Museums and Galleries

 

Mischief Night (1975)

Image © The Hepworth Wakefield

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References:

  • The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [fig 2, pg12]
  • “Edge of All the Land” Southampton (1994) (Southampton City Art Gallery / Nicholas Usherwood.) [Figure 57]
  • Rediscovering Richard Eurich (by Peyton Skipwith, pub. Fine Art Connoisseur (Streamline, USA), October 2020, Historic Masters, pp 130-135)