A Destroyer Escort in Attack (1941)
Photo: Todd-White Art Photography / Birmingham Museums Trust      
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A Destroyer Escort in Attack

1941

Oil on canvas
50.5 x 101.5 cm

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery


All Works in Public Collections Seascapes | Coastal Scenes Panoramas Works | 1940 to 1949 Official War Artist Wartime Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports Bonfires | Flames | Smoke Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist

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Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich 1941

Aka: A Destroyer Escort in Attack [Art UK and Millais Gallery]; Destroyer Escort in Attack [Bradford]; Destroyer Escort Under Attack [IWM]; Convoy and 'Hunt' class destroyer [RE sales diary]

Other measurements: 50.5 x 101.5 cm; 50.8 x 101.6 cm

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Eurich has used a cinematic-style action shot to capture the speed and urgency of the destroyers, with the foreground vessel moving out of frame to the right and another entering from the left.

Provenance

COMMISSIONED | 1941

by the Admiralty / War Artists Advisory Committee

GIFTED | 1947

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

presented by HM Government, the War Artists' Advisory Committee to Birmingham Museums Trust; accession no. 1947P56

EXHIBITED | 1st Jun to 26th Aug 1951

"RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTINGS by RICHARD EURICH, A.R.A." - City of Bradford Art Gallery, Cartwright Hall, Bradford

Cat 16 - lent by the Corporation of Birmingham

EXHIBITED | 1957

"The Sea", Midland Federation, [location unknown]

Cat 16

EXHIBITED | 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992

"Richard Eurich - From Dunkirk to D-Day" - Imperial War Museum, London, UK

Cat 16

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Provenance:

  • COMMISSIONED - 1941 - by the Admiralty / War Artists Advisory Committee
  • GIFTED - 1947 - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
    presented by HM Government, the War Artists' Advisory Committee to Birmingham Museums Trust; accession no. 1947P56

Exhibitions:

  • 1st Jun to 26th Aug 1951 - "RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTINGS by RICHARD EURICH, A.R.A.", City of Bradford Art Gallery, Cartwright Hall, Bradford
    Cat 16 - lent by the Corporation of Birmingham
  • 1957 - "The Sea", Midland Federation, [location unknown]
    Cat 16
  • 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992 - "Richard Eurich - From Dunkirk to D-Day", Imperial War Museum, London, UK
    Cat 16

Notes:

  • None recorded.

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