Dunkirk 1940 (c1940)
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Dunkirk 1940

c1940

Oil on board
26.6 x 35.5 cm

Private Collection, UK


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Recto: Signed and inscribed but not dated

Aka: Dunkirk 1940, Dunkirk Beaches Sketch

Other measurements: 26.6 x 35.5 cm; 27 x 35 cm

Dunkirk France columns dugout explosions guns hat helmet lighthouses marching rifles sea smoke soldiers troops war artist

We know of five Richard Eurich works which depict the Dunkirk evacuation. See the others below.

REP / PC

This is the painted sketch for RE's painting, Dunkirk Beach, May 1940. The final painting was bought from the 1941 Redfern Gallery exhibition by Vincent Massey, the first Canadian born Governor General of Canada. Massey bequeathed his painting to the National Gallery of Canada in 1946. 

This sketch was bought by an unknown private collector from the 1943 Redfern Gallery exhibition. You can compare the sketch and the final painting below. There are five Richard Eurich works that we know of depicting the Dunkirk evacuation. See them all together by going to Dunkirk Beach, 1940.

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 8th Apr to 1st May 1943

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

Cat 23

ACQUIRED | 1943

bought by unknown private collector from the Redfern Gallery

AUCTIONED | 22nd Nov 2000

"[title unknown]", Bonhams, London

lot 117, illustrated; attribution of this auction to the above work is uncertain

IN COLLECTION | 2017

Private Collection, UK

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1943 - bought by unknown private collector from the Redfern Gallery
  • AUCTIONED - 22nd Nov 2000 - "[title unknown]", Bonhams, London
    lot 117, illustrated; attribution of this auction to the above work is uncertain
  • IN COLLECTION - 2017 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 8th Apr to 1st May 1943 - "Richard Eurich, A.R.A., Wenceslaus Hollar, Durer & Rembrandt. French Paintings", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 23

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Related  

National Gallery of Canada collection.

Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940 (1941)
National Gallery of Canada collection.
Image © National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

 

Imperial War Museum collection

Dunkirk Beaches (1940)
Imperial War Museum collection
Image © IWM Art.IWM ART LD 2277

 

Location of original unknown

Dunkirk Beach, 1940 (1940)
Location of original unknown
Image © Witt Library

 

National Martime Museum collection

Withdrawal from Dunkirk, June 1940 (1940)
National Martime Museum collection
Image © National Maritime Museum

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