Dunkirk (1939)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

Dunkirk

1939

Oil on canvas
51 x 61 cm

Private Collection, UK


Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports Works | 1930 to 1939 Bonfires | Flames | Smoke Weather | Storm | Wind | Rain | Snow | Mist | Fog

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Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich ’39

Aka: Dunkirk; Dunkirk Harbour [Redfern]

Verso: Redfern Gallery label dated April 22, 1943 inscribed with title Dunkirk

Other measurements: 51 x 61cm [REP]; 50 x 60cm

Dunkerque Dunkirk France choppy crane dock docks harbour large waves lighthouses markers masted ship old and new rough ship smoke steamer steamship stormy tall ship tugs tug boat windy

RE comments that he has the sailing ship coming into port and the new one going out, as a symbol of the times, repeated in another 1939 painting of Dunkirk, "Continental Port', but using a warship in that one.

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 12th Mar to 5th Apr 1941

"Richard Eurich" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 6; priced at 35 guineas

EXHIBITED | 8th Apr to 1st May 1943

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

Cat 20; priced at 35 Guineas

ACQUIRED | 1943

bought by H Bligh from the Redfern

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 48; lent by HW Bligh

GIFTED | [unknown date]

Private Collection, UK

to a member of the family

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1943 - bought by H Bligh from the Redfern
  • GIFTED - [unknown date] - Private Collection, UK
    to a member of the family

Exhibitions:

  • 12th Mar to 5th Apr 1941 - "Richard Eurich", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 6; 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 20; priced at 35 Guineas
  • 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 48; lent by HW Bligh

Notes:

  • None recorded.

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