Air Fight over Portland (1940)
Photo: Imperial War Museum      
© IWM Art.IWM ART LD 769

Air Fight over Portland

1940

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 1940

Aka: Air Fight over Portland; Air Flight over Portland [spelling error]; Air Fight over Portland [RE sales diary]

Other measurements: 76 x 101.5 cm [Bradford]; 76.2 x 101.7 cm [IWM]

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There are two versions of this painting, the larger "Air Fight over Portland" (1940) in the Imperial War Museum and Portland Bill, 1940 (1941) in the Royal Air Force collection. 

REP / PC

3 December 1940
Painted all day at Battle over Portland (finished on 15th Jan 1941)

RE diary

See News item. (Oct 2024)

Provenance

ACQUIRED | 1940

bought by the Ministry of Information for £78-15-0

EXHIBITED | 1941

"British War Artists" - National Gallery, London

GIFTED | 1947

Imperial War Museum, London

transferred from the War Artists' Advisory Committee; Accession number IWM ART LD 769

EXHIBITED | 25th Nov 1979 to 20th Jan 1980

"Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition" - Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries, Bradford    (toured Glasgow, London, Southampton)

Cat 25, illustrated

EXHIBITED | 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992

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

Cat 10

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1940 - bought by the Ministry of Information for £78-15-0
  • GIFTED - 1947 - Imperial War Museum, London
    transferred from the War Artists' Advisory Committee; Accession number IWM ART LD 769

Exhibitions:

  • 1941 - "British War Artists", National Gallery, London
  • 25th Nov 1979 to 20th Jan 1980 - "Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition", Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries, Bradford    (toured Glasgow, London, Southampton)
    Cat 25, illustrated
  • 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992 - "Richard Eurich - From Dunkirk to D-Day", Imperial War Museum, London, UK
    Cat 10

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Related  

Another version of the air fight in the Royal Air Force collection

Portland Bill, 1940 (1941)
Another version of the air fight in the Royal Air Force collection
Image © Crown Copyright (expired)

 

Fortresses over Southampton Water (1944)

Image © IWM Art.IWM ART LD 3958

 

Attack on a Convoy Seen from the Air (1941)

Image © IWM Art.IWM ART LD 1326

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