Fog Bank, Whitby (1934)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

Fog Bank, Whitby

1934

Oil on canvas
50.8 x 76.2 cm

Private Collection, UK


Works | 1930 to 1939 Bonfires | Flames | Smoke Ladders Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports The Art of Richard Eurich

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Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich 1934

Aka: Fog Bank, Whitby [inscription verso and Christie’s] ; Fog Bank off Whitby [Redfern]; possibly the same as Approaching Fog, Whitby [Redfern]

Verso: Signed and title inscribed on the artist’s label attached to the stretcher, and another label inscribed " I leave this picture to Carol-Ann Taylor. Barbera G. Murrell"

Other measurements: 51 x 76.5 cm [REP]; 50.8 x 76.2 cm

England The North Whitby Yorkshire boardwalk breakwater brown sail dinghy fishing nets fog bank foggy harbour jetty ladder lighthouses pier rowing boat sea steamship tide marker

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 28th Feb to 30th Mar 1935

"Richard Eurich" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 29; priced at 25 Guineas

EXHIBITED | 1936

"Spring Exhibition", Ferens Art Gallery, Hull

cat 27

EXHIBITED | 8th to 31st Oct 1936

"Recent Paintings by Richard Eurich" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 24; shown as 'Approaching Fog, Whitby'; priced at 30 guineas

ACQUIRED | 1936

bought by Miss Howell from the Redfern Gallery for £20

IN COLLECTION | [unknown date]

Barbara G Murrell

GIFTED | [unknown date]

by Barbera G Murrell to Carol-Ann Taylor

AUCTIONED | 16th Nov 2007

"20th Century British Art", Christie’s, London

lot 44, illustrated; price realised £23,300

IN COLLECTION | 2015

Private Collection, UK

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1936 - bought by Miss Howell from the Redfern Gallery for £20
  • IN COLLECTION - [unknown date] - Barbara G Murrell
  • GIFTED - [unknown date] - by Barbera G Murrell to Carol-Ann Taylor
  • AUCTIONED - 16th Nov 2007 - "20th Century British Art", Christie’s, London
    lot 44, illustrated; price realised £23,300
  • IN COLLECTION - 2015 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 28th Feb to 30th Mar 1935 - "Richard Eurich", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 29; priced at 25 Guineas
  • 1936 - "Spring Exhibition", Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
    cat 27
  • 8th to 31st Oct 1936 - "Recent Paintings by Richard Eurich", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 24; shown as 'Approaching Fog, Whitby'; priced at 30 guineas

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Sketches  

Sketch_20-016 fog bank Whitby (c1930)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

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The Whitby Lights (1962)

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None of Richard’s holiday paintings survive but this ‘Coast Scene with Rainbow’ of 1953, surely harks back to his excitement at the first sight of Whitby that day

Coast Scene with Rainbow (1952-53)
None of Richard’s holiday paintings survive but this ‘Coast Scene with Rainbow’ of 1953, surely harks back to his excitement at the first sight of Whitby that day
Image © Crown Copyright, UK

 

The Queen of the Sea,1911 painted in 1954. Richard brings to life the memory of that holiday in Whitby with hallucinatory clarity

Queen of the Sea, 1911 (1954)
The Queen of the Sea,1911 painted in 1954. Richard brings to life the memory of that holiday in Whitby with hallucinatory clarity
Image © Royal Academy of Arts

 

Whitby, North Yorkshire, to Represent Sheffield on Holiday (1960-61)

Image © Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Whitby, Yorkshire (1934)

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References:

  • The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [fig 25, pg 40]