Flushing (1939)
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Flushing

1939

Flushing (Vlissingen) is a harbour town at the mouth of the River Sheldt, the entrance to the port of Antwerp. From the 20th to the 25th of May, 1939 Richard sailed on SS Harrogate out of Hull to Antwerp, Dunkirk and St Malo, making sketches along the way. It was a risky venture considering war seemed immanent, but he came back with material that stood him in good stead when he became an official war artist and painted the Dunkirk evacuation.

REP / PC

29 May 1939
Started painting Flushing (20x24) for a show by French and English in Australia.

RE diary

The painting remained in the UK, we presume because of the onset of the war, and was exhibited twice at the Redfern before being bought by a private collector Miss C. Stanhope, who loaned it back to the Redfern in 1943 for a third showing. We have no details, but it seems the painting was then sold on to Lt. Robert Harling RN. Harling owned several Eurichs and loaned one, The Galilee, to the same 1943 show. 

When the Harling collection was sold by Christie's in 2009, 'Flushing' was retitled 'Antwerp'. However the lot was withdrawn before the sale.

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 2nd to 25th Nov 1939

"Richard Eurich" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 1; priced at 30 guineas

EXHIBITED | 12th Mar to 5th Apr 1941

"Richard Eurich" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 4; priced at 35 guineas

ACQUIRED | [unknown date]

bought by Miss C. Stanhope from the Redfern gallery

EXHIBITED | 8th Apr to 1st May 1943

"Richard Eurich, A.R.A., Wenceslaus Hollar, Durer & Rembrandt. French Paintings" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 6; lent by Miss C. Stanhope

IN COLLECTION | [unknown date]

Robert Harling

AUCTIONED | 13th Sep 2009

"Sunday Sale - Property from the Academy of Medical Sciences, removed from 41 Portland Pl, W1 and The Robert Harling Collection" - Christie’s, South Kensington, London

lot withdrawn prior to the sale; listed as 'Antwerp'.

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - [unknown date] - bought by Miss C. Stanhope from the Redfern gallery
  • IN COLLECTION - [unknown date] - Robert Harling
  • AUCTIONED - 13th Sep 2009 - "Sunday Sale - Property from the Academy of Medical Sciences, removed from 41 Portland Pl, W1 and The Robert Harling Collection", Christie’s, South Kensington, London
    lot withdrawn prior to the sale; listed as 'Antwerp'.

Exhibitions:

  • 2nd to 25th Nov 1939 - "Richard Eurich", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 1; priced at 30 guineas
  • 12th Mar to 5th Apr 1941 - "Richard Eurich", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 4; priced at 35 guineas
  • 8th Apr to 1st May 1943 - "Richard Eurich, A.R.A., Wenceslaus Hollar, Durer & Rembrandt. French Paintings", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 6; lent by Miss C. Stanhope

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Sketches  

The note written at the top reads - 21st May 1939 from S.S. Harrogate near Flushing entering the Scheldt

The note written at the top reads - 21st May 1939 from S.S. Harrogate near Flushing entering the Scheldt
Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

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