A Destroyer Rescuing Survivors (1942)
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A Destroyer Rescuing Survivors

1942

Oil on canvas
76.2 x 101.9 cm

Imperial War Museum, London


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Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R Eurich 1942

Aka: A Destroyer Rescuing Survivors [Bradford]; Destroyer Picking Up Survivors [RA, IWM]; Destroyer Rescuing Shipwrecked Crew [National Gallery]; Destroyer about to rescue shipwrecked crew [RE sales diary]

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22nd October 1942: " War paintings at NG: “My painting of ‘Vaagso’ and ‘Destroyer Rescuing Shipwrecked Crew’ were hung between Henry Moore’s Coal Mine drawings so they looked rather well. Sir Kenneth Clark asked me how I liked the hanging. Had my photo taken by the press in front of Vaagso."

Provenance

COMMISSIONED | c1941

by the Admiralty / War Artists' Advisory Committee

EXHIBITED | October 1942

"War Paintings" - National Gallery, London

EXHIBITED | 1st May to 7th Aug 1943

"Summer Exhibition 1943" - Royal Academy of Arts, London

Cat 21

GIFTED | 1947

Imperial War Museum, London

transferred from the War Artists' Advisory Committee; accession number IWM ART LD 2297

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 10 - lent by The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum

EXHIBITED | 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992

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

Cat 20

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Provenance:

  • COMMISSIONED - c1941 - by the Admiralty / War Artists' Advisory Committee
  • GIFTED - 1947 - Imperial War Museum, London
    transferred from the War Artists' Advisory Committee; accession number IWM ART LD 2297

Exhibitions:

  • October 1942 - "War Paintings", National Gallery, London
  • 1st May to 7th Aug 1943 - "Summer Exhibition 1943", Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Cat 21
  • 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 10 - lent by The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum
  • 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992 - "Richard Eurich - From Dunkirk to D-Day", Imperial War Museum, London, UK
    Cat 20

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Details  

News cutting from "The Connoisseur" magazine, December 1942, with a review of "A Destroyer Rescuing Survivors" and "Raid on Vaagso".

News cutting from "The Connoisseur" magazine, December 1942, with a review of "A Destroyer Rescuing Survivors" and "Raid on Vaagso".
Image © REP

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