1954-5
Oil on canvas
89 x 130 cm
With Patrick Bourne & Co, Fine Art Dealers, London (as of June 2019)
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Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich. 1954-5
Aka: Flood Water; Floodwater [REP]
Verso: Inscribed: "FLOOD WATER 1954-5 RICHARD EURICH'; added later in another hand "(August 1969 varnished with Griffin varnish)".; label from the 1968-69 RA Bicentenary Exhibition.
imagined Royal Navy aircraft animal boats ships cow disaster dock figures flood four master harbour hat helicopter industry landscape masted ship navy oil painting painting quay sailing ship sailing yacht sea seascape ship storm stormy town tugs tug boat urban urban landscape warships water wave weatherThe painting depicts the events of the Great North Sea Flood of February 1953, one of the worst natural disasters of the twentieth century that affected several countries and in the U.K. alone, left 307 people dead and 40,000 homeless. The large scale of the painting paired with Eurich’s exceptional level of detail emphasises the magnitude of the disaster. He painstakingly depicts distressed individuals throughout the composition, and captures the violence and power of the water.
Sotheby's online auction catalogue note 20-07-2020
This painting hung for many years in the dining room at Richard's and Mavis's home, Appletreewick.
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Richard Eurich Paintings
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Richard Eurich Paintings
detail upper left
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Richard Eurich Paintings
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