1960-61
Oil on canvas
304.8 x 426.7 cm
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT, Sheffield
All Works in Public Collections Narrative Gatherings | Crowds | Festivities Bonfires | Flames | Smoke Birds Eye View Trees | Woods | Forests Commissioned Works Towns | Town Life | Buildings Works | 1960 to 1969 Landscapes | Gardens Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist
Aka: Chatsworth to Represent Sheffield at Play; Chatsworth, North Yorkshire, to Represent Sheffield at Play;
Chatsworth England The North Yorkshire Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield Teaching Hospitals architecture bridge building country country house cricket cricketers fields hills hot air balloon house landscape match moors painting public collection river sport stately home statues stream tents topographical view woods woodlandIn 1960 Richard was commissioned to paint a pair of murals of "Sheffield at Play" for the entrance of the new teaching hospital in Sheffield, the Royal Hallamshire.
He created two of his largest pictures for it: "Whitby, North Yorkshire to Represent Sheffield at Play" (1960-61) and "Chatsworth to Represent Sheffield at Play" (1961).
He started by preparing a study for each of the paintings - "Whitby, Study for a Mural in the Teaching Hosptial, Sheffield"(1960) and " Chatsworth, Study for a Mural in the Teaching Hospital, Sheffield" (1960). He then had to work …
In 1960 Richard was commissioned to paint a pair of murals of "Sheffield at Play" for the entrance of the new teaching hospital in Sheffield, the Royal Hallamshire.
He created two of his largest pictures for it: "Whitby, North Yorkshire to Represent Sheffield at Play" (1960-61) and "Chatsworth to Represent Sheffield at Play" (1961).
He started by preparing a study for each of the paintings - "Whitby, Study for a Mural in the Teaching Hosptial, Sheffield"(1960) and " Chatsworth, Study for a Mural in the Teaching Hospital, Sheffield" (1960). He then had to work out how to replicate them full size. He had never learned to ‘square up’, the technique of copying an image from a smaller to larger format, so he asked his elder daughter Caroline to help him. She was studying art and had learned how to do this.
Some years later the murals were removed from the building because of redevelopment plans.
At the moment (2020) they are being held in store until suitable display places can be found for them.
See the photos below of the murals in situ. They were taken by Richard's photographer son Crispin.
The Chatsworth mural in the entrance and waiting area of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.
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Richard Eurich Paintings
The Whitby mural in the entrance and waiting area of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.
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Richard Eurich Paintings
Whitby, North Yorkshire, to Represent Sheffield on Holiday (1960-61)
Companion painting.
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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