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Hi there- fabulous website. Do you happen to know where Richard was buried? Many thanks, John
My father was cremated but my mother was buried in Dibden churchyard. There is a stone commemorating them both there. It is a bit of stone hewn from a quarry on the Isle of Purbeck. The churchyard is fairly high up with a view across the Water to Southampton (though the trees have been growing, as they do, and obscuring the view). The old church itself has been rebuilt as it was one of the first casualties of WW2 bombing.
Philippa Bambach
I am delighted to find this site and to discover more about Richard Eurich. My father had a copy of York Festival hanging in his study and I loved it. It now hangs in my study in York, close to many of the buildings depicted in the painting. I would love to know when it was painted and where the original is.
Your website is brilliant. Easy to navigate and loaded with useful information. I have certainly bookmarked it as one of my favourites. I really enjoyed the "portraits" section and look forward to your next update. I actually discovered your site while searching for information for my son, Nathan. He is doing a wide-ranging project at school on the subject (his choice) of battleships. He is required to give his opinions and interpretations of poetry, songs, paintings, novels and other forms of communication on his chosen subject. He located a painting by Richard Eurich on the ftp.sunet.se website; the painting is …
Your website is brilliant. Easy to navigate and loaded with useful information. I have certainly bookmarked it as one of my favourites. I really enjoyed the "portraits" section and look forward to your next update. I actually discovered your site while searching for information for my son, Nathan. He is doing a wide-ranging project at school on the subject (his choice) of battleships. He is required to give his opinions and interpretations of poetry, songs, paintings, novels and other forms of communication on his chosen subject. He located a painting by Richard Eurich on the ftp.sunet.se website; the painting is of The British Battleships King George V and Duke of York bombarding the Norman Coast, 1944. We have been unable to locate any further information about this painting and I would be most appreciative if you could reply with some details such as title, when it was painted, size of the original painting, media and any other available information. Any information that you can e-mail back will be most appreciated, thank you. As I said before, your site is brilliant - keep up the great work.
I hadn't heard of Richard Eurich before today (22nd Oct 2002). I was in Bournemouth library looking for something else and I saw an unrelated book on British Maritime painters so I picked it up for a quick browse to look up Christopher Wood, who's work I love. Richard Eurich was on the next page, and I was instantly hooked by the write up and the two bw photo's of his paintings, Lovers on the Beach and Survivors from a Torpedoed Ship. It was one of those moments when you know you've just learnt about an artist that …
I hadn't heard of Richard Eurich before today (22nd Oct 2002). I was in Bournemouth library looking for something else and I saw an unrelated book on British Maritime painters so I picked it up for a quick browse to look up Christopher Wood, who's work I love. Richard Eurich was on the next page, and I was instantly hooked by the write up and the two bw photo's of his paintings, Lovers on the Beach and Survivors from a Torpedoed Ship. It was one of those moments when you know you've just learnt about an artist that you're going to end up loving and identifying with (I am a 35 year old artist/ illustrator). What fascinated me most was the picture of the torpedoed survivors, I have just done a painting of myself in St Ives, looking at some seals in the harbour, with an oblivious seagull in the foreground very similar to the one in his painting in the way it is an uninterested observer. I know my subject matter isn't quite as profound, but it's always interesting when you see someone else on the same train of thought. I shall be looking out for more of his work now.
I had never heard of Richard before until I looked up my own last name. I believe he is a distant relative of mine which greatly pleases me since his works are wonderful and full of talent.
Does anybody know if Richard Eurich's house "Appletreewick" still exists - I believe it used to be in Dibden Purlieu and I would very much like to see it ?
Both my parents Peter and Beryl Stanbury died recently so I have been sorting their belongings. Amongst several paintings is one by RE Low Tide, Lepe of 1981, oil about 6" x 12". It may well be known about but as I have found this page, I am adding its whereabouts to your collection for info. It appears to have been bought in Salisbury. I googled RE to find out about him and am delighted to find this site.
I am the proud owner of two Eurich paintings. Weymouth Bay (I believe won a prize) and the "Start of the Fastnet Race" dated 1979 were both both bought at the Ashbarn Gallery in Petersfield many years ago. Glad for you to view them if you ever happen to be in Cheshire.
I did want to ask where the 'As the Twig is Bent' manuscript is held. I love your father's paintings and the variety of subjects. I used to work at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich where there are several. I have just been reading the biography of Christopher Wood which mentions your father and have always hoped someone would write a biography of him one day.
You have created a wonderful website - will it grow? I attended Christine Clearkin's talk at the St Barbe Museum some time ago and have retained a strong interest ever since. One day I hope to own something by the artist. But first I must win the lottery! Best regards - Fraser.
Richard Eurich was once commissioned by Evelyn Waugh to complete a 'triptych' of "Victorian" travel scenes. Eurich painted a scene inside an aeroplane about to crash. This is, I suppose, still in the private collection of the Waugh family, perhaps still at his last home, Piers Court in Somerset. Are you aware of any photographs/prints/books reproducing this painting. Thank you.
I have been searching for a way to get a copy of Men of Straw and have found none. Perhaps I am not as competent with the internet as I ought to be, but would you please tell me how to go about getting one. I live in southern North Carolina USA. I love his work. When I teach I would love to have that painting in my room. Thanks, Jim PhillipsI have been searching for a way to get a copy of Men of Straw and have found none. Perhaps I am not as competent with the internet as …
I have been searching for a way to get a copy of Men of Straw and have found none. Perhaps I am not as competent with the internet as I ought to be, but would you please tell me how to go about getting one. I live in southern North Carolina USA. I love his work. When I teach I would love to have that painting in my room. Thanks, Jim PhillipsI have been searching for a way to get a copy of Men of Straw and have found none. Perhaps I am not as competent with the internet as I ought to be, but would you please tell me how to go about getting one. I live in southern North Carolina USA. I love his work. When I teach I would love to have that painting in my room. Thanks.
I love to see updates on this site. RE is an artist whose pictures I so enjoy to see. I thought you might like to add Pallent House in Chichester as having one of his pictures. When I asked they informed me it was in storage although that was before the gallery was expanded. Regards, Bridget Colman.
Thought I'd do a quick bit of research about Richard and was greatly amused by the anecdote in the biography about his sisters with guinea pigs. One of those sisters was my grandmother and the love of animals has obviously continued through the generations as my daughter loves g-ps too! I was brought up surrounded by Richard's paintings, but you never appreciate that sort of thing until it's too late. I know that the paintings from my grandmother's have been distributed thro the family. Please keep me in touch with exhibitions in the North - I loved the last one …
Thought I'd do a quick bit of research about Richard and was greatly amused by the anecdote in the biography about his sisters with guinea pigs. One of those sisters was my grandmother and the love of animals has obviously continued through the generations as my daughter loves g-ps too! I was brought up surrounded by Richard's paintings, but you never appreciate that sort of thing until it's too late. I know that the paintings from my grandmother's have been distributed thro the family. Please keep me in touch with exhibitions in the North - I loved the last one in Ilkley in 2003. I particularly remember the self portrait because the room was so similar to rooms owned by other members of the Eurich family!!
Richard Eurich changed my life: I went to see the 1993 Retrospective Exhibition THREE times whilst it was at Bradford and Southampton, travelling by train from South Wales. I had heard the exhibition being reviewed on BBC Radio 4's "Front Row" Arts programme. I had not seen a Richard Eurich painting before, but on entering the exhibition I found that they were exactly as I had imagined them to be. The experience was "uncanny" rather like "coming home" from a journey in a foreign land. His example inspired me to resume painting again after a ten year neglect. I haven't …
Richard Eurich changed my life: I went to see the 1993 Retrospective Exhibition THREE times whilst it was at Bradford and Southampton, travelling by train from South Wales. I had heard the exhibition being reviewed on BBC Radio 4's "Front Row" Arts programme. I had not seen a Richard Eurich painting before, but on entering the exhibition I found that they were exactly as I had imagined them to be. The experience was "uncanny" rather like "coming home" from a journey in a foreign land. His example inspired me to resume painting again after a ten year neglect. I haven't stopped since then and am now exhibiting and selling fairly regularly. He restored my faith in painting when it had all but been destroyed due to an unhappy Art College experience and the prevailing climate that did not encourage or value craft skills. I never met Richard Eurich, of course, but "feel" as if I know him from his work. A man of integrity I believe, he really ought to be better known and should be a "Household Name" in my opinion. Rarely have I seen such good work or been so inspired by the example of an artist. I owe him so very much.
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Richard Eurich was my uncle and Godfather, and I distinctly remember a number of visits to Dibden Purlieu as a child. The house was quaint in a rural way, with (as I recall) a stable-type front door which was in two halves, so that the top half could be opened whilst leaving the bottom closed. I remember building a tree house in the back garden with my cousin Crispin (deceased) who later became a very skilful photographer. Both Richard and his wife, Mavis were so easy-going I found their country lifestyle very much at odds with my experience of growing …
Richard Eurich was my uncle and Godfather, and I distinctly remember a number of visits to Dibden Purlieu as a child. The house was quaint in a rural way, with (as I recall) a stable-type front door which was in two halves, so that the top half could be opened whilst leaving the bottom closed. I remember building a tree house in the back garden with my cousin Crispin (deceased) who later became a very skilful photographer. Both Richard and his wife, Mavis were so easy-going I found their country lifestyle very much at odds with my experience of growing up in wartime Bromley (Kent), an urban environment which, due to its location adjacent to both London and RAF Biggin Hill, was a popular target for bombers and doodle-bugs. Regrettably I have no original Richard Eurich paintings, just a number of prints, including his York tryptich and (my favourite) a view of Richmond (Yorks) from an elevated location, featuring a young Crispin holding a clearly readable map of the town. I wonder where the original is now?
My grandmother on leave from Kenya bought a signed print of The Mary Eliza - Lyme Regis in 1937. It hung on her wall in the highlands of Kenya until her passing away in 1980. I was handed down this perfect framed print which now hangs in my study.