Fortresses over Southampton Water (1944)
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© IWM Art.IWM ART LD 3958

Fortresses over Southampton Water

1944

Oil on canvas
76.2 x 101.9 cm

Imperial War Museum, London


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Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R Eurich 1943 [date needs checking against diary entry]

Aka: Fortresses over Southampton Water [RE diary]; 'Fortresses' over Southampton Water [Art UK]

England Hampshire Southampton Southampton Water The South Boeing B-17 flying fortress IWM Imperial War Museum WW2 WWII World War 2 World War II abstract aeroplanes aircraft bait diggers city figures on a beach flying fortress public collection sea sky vapour trails war war artist wartime

1st January 1944: Painting ‘Fortresses over Southampton’ (30x40)

31st March 1944: To London with ‘Bombardment of Salerno’, ‘Fortresses over Southampton’, to Admiralty. ‘Night Raid on Portsmouth’ to the RA. Tried to find frame for ‘Cecilie’

RE diary entry - REP

Richard included bait diggers as a main subject or tiny in the foreground or background in dozens of works.

Provenance

COMMISSIONED | 1943

by the War Artists' Advisory Committee

GIFTED | 1947

Imperial War Museum, London

transferred from the War Artists' Advisory Committee; accession number IWM ART LD 3958

EXHIBITED | 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992

"Richard Eurich - From Dunkirk to D-Day" - Imperial War Museum, London, UK

Cat 29

EXHIBITED | 29th Jun to 30th Sep 2012

"Flight and the Artistic Imagination" - Compton Verney

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Provenance:

  • COMMISSIONED - 1943 - by the War Artists' Advisory Committee
  • GIFTED - 1947 - Imperial War Museum, London
    transferred from the War Artists' Advisory Committee; accession number IWM ART LD 3958

Exhibitions:

  • 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992 - "Richard Eurich - From Dunkirk to D-Day", Imperial War Museum, London, UK
    Cat 29
  • 29th Jun to 30th Sep 2012 - "Flight and the Artistic Imagination", Compton Verney

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Related  

Air Fight over Portland (1940)

Image © IWM Art.IWM ART LD 769

 

Portland Bill, 1940 (1941)

Image © Crown Copyright (expired)

 

Southampton Water (1979)

Image © Morpets

 

Southampton Water (1973)

 

Sunrise, Southampton Water (1963)

Image © unknown

 

Nocturne, Southampton Water (1981)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Southampton Water (1951)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Sun Rising through Mist, Southampton Water (1967)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

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