The Epiphany (1973)
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The Epiphany

1973

Oil on board
46 x 61 cm

Private Collection, UK


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Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich. '73.

Aka: The Epiphany [RE note on back of archive photo]; Ephiphany [sic] [Tooth's catalogue]

England The North Yorks. Yorkshire children dogs dry stone wall fields figures group hats hills kneeling men scarves snow walking stick women woman female

When I see one of my father's paintings dated 1973 I immediately associate it with what was happening in my life. My 2nd son was born in March that year and my young husband died in the same month. We had just moved from Switzerland to Yorkshire and I was thrown entirely onto the unquestioning warmth and generosity of my parents. This painting has an emotional intensity about it which might reflect the huge upheaval to their settled way of life that I was responsible for. The other picture that arouses a similar emotion for me and painted in 1973 …

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When I see one of my father's paintings dated 1973 I immediately associate it with what was happening in my life. My 2nd son was born in March that year and my young husband died in the same month. We had just moved from Switzerland to Yorkshire and I was thrown entirely onto the unquestioning warmth and generosity of my parents. This painting has an emotional intensity about it which might reflect the huge upheaval to their settled way of life that I was responsible for. The other picture that arouses a similar emotion for me and painted in 1973 is Snow Shower over Skyreholme with the poignant touch of the gold finch perched momentarily on the dry stone wall.

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 9th to 27th Oct 1973

"Richard Eurich, Recent Paintings" - Arthur Tooth & Sons, London

Cat 4, illustrated on cover

ACQUIRED | 1973

bought by private collector from Tooth's for £600?

IN COLLECTION | 2021

Private Collection, UK

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1973 - bought by private collector from Tooth's for £600?
  • IN COLLECTION - 2021 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 9th to 27th Oct 1973 - "Richard Eurich, Recent Paintings", Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
    Cat 4, illustrated on cover

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Sketches  

Not an exact match, but has all the same landscape elements of 'Epiphany".

Sketch_09-05 wall, Yorkshire hills (1970s)
Not an exact match, but has all the same landscape elements of 'Epiphany".
Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

Related  

For one of Richard's daughters there is an emotional connection between 'The Epiphany' and 'Snow Shower over Skyreholme'. See comment above.

Snow Shower over Skyreholme (1973)
For one of Richard's daughters there is an emotional connection between 'The Epiphany' and 'Snow Shower over Skyreholme'. See comment above.
Image © Paul Tucker

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