Gay Lane (1952)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Bradford District Museums and Galleries /REP

Gay Lane

1952

Oil on canvas
76 x 63.5 cm

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries

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Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R Eurich. 1952.

Verso: New English Art Club Centenary Exhibition, 1986 label cat no 235; Arts Council exhibition label 'Three exhibitions about painting , 1983, 2 Movement, 18; label showing previous exhibitions RA 1952 (621) and FAS 1977 (4); Arthur Tooth label; label with Provenance indicated as: the artist; purchased from Arthur Tooth and Sons 1971 by Jean . . . [the surname has been cut off]

Other measurements: 76 x 63.5 [Bradford]; 74 x 61 cm [REP]

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From Richard Eurich's correspondence with Caroline Krzesinska, "Richard Eurich RA - A Retrospective  Exhibition" catalogue 1979-80; entry 50.

Gay Lane (Ilkley) used to figure in Police News a good deal but I transferred it to something more like Bradford.

We have discovered (Oct 2022) that the Gay Lane Richard refers to above was probably not in Ilkley but just down the road in Otley.

REP / PC

On Sunday afternoon 11 November 2012, The Cartwright Gallery in Bradford staged a salon event as part of their 'Games in the Park' exhibition. Titled 'Childhood Memories of Light and Shade', the event celebrated childhood and children's games with particular reference to the picture ‘Gay Lane’ by Richard Eurich. 'Gay Lane' is part of the Cartwright Hall collection and was a centrepiece to the exhibition. Richard was born in Bradford and spent all his early life there.

Organised by Nima Poovaya-Smith the salon involved an illustrated talk by the artist’s daughters Caroline Martin and Philippa Bambach and poems performed by …

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On Sunday afternoon 11 November 2012, The Cartwright Gallery in Bradford staged a salon event as part of their 'Games in the Park' exhibition. Titled 'Childhood Memories of Light and Shade', the event celebrated childhood and children's games with particular reference to the picture ‘Gay Lane’ by Richard Eurich. 'Gay Lane' is part of the Cartwright Hall collection and was a centrepiece to the exhibition. Richard was born in Bradford and spent all his early life there.

Organised by Nima Poovaya-Smith the salon involved an illustrated talk by the artist’s daughters Caroline Martin and Philippa Bambach and poems performed by Rommi Smith, Adam Strickson, John Siddique & Raj ‘Silverfinger’ Matharu with vocals by Christella Litras. Other work on display was by Balraj Khanna, Tim Smith and Hashmi.

Rommi Smith's poem was titled Childhood: Another Country. She explained in an email to Philippa, "Your father's painting, Gay Lane, inspires much of the poem, but particularly, poem II in the triptych. I took inspiration from the colour and imagery of his painting. I imagined this was a street in a milling town, hence the line about spinning gold thread from shoddy cloth. This line is also a reference to the ability, I observe, of children to try make good from painful or difficult things re; the image of the drunk man being led away [ almost, off stage, I imagined] and out of the main 'scene' of the painting."

 

 

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 3rd May to 24th Aug 1952

"Summer Exhibition 1952" - Royal Academy of Arts, London

Cat 621

EXHIBITED | 1st to 25th Feb 1956

"RICHARD EURICH R.A., TWENTY NEW PAINTINGS" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 4

EXHIBITED | 1st to 24th Oct 1958

"Richard Eurich, Derek Middleton, Maurice Utrillo" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 19

EXHIBITED | 16th May to 13th Jun 1964

"Five R.A.s: Charles Cundall, William Dring, R.O. Dunlop, Richard Eurich, Lord Methuen" - Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth

Cat 4; priced at £200

EXHIBITED | 20th Apr to 15th May 1971

"British Paintings 1900-1971" - Arthur Tooth & Sons, London

Cat 25

ACQUIRED | 1971

bought from Tooth's, possibly by Jean Shrimpton, for £375

EXHIBITED | 26th Apr to 20th May 1977

"Richard Eurich RA" - The Fine Art Society, London    (toured to Fine Art Society, Edinburgh, 28 May-21 June 1977)

Cat 4, illustrated

EXHIBITED | 25th Nov 1979 to 20th Jan 1980

"Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition" - Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries, Bradford    (toured Glasgow, London, Southampton)

Cat 50, illustrated

ACQUIRED | 1980

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries

purchased from The Fine Art Society by Bradford Art Galleries and Museums with the assistance of the Victoria & Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of Bradford Art Galleries and Museums; accession no 1980-002

EXHIBITED | 1983

"Three Exhibitions About Painting: 2. Movement", 8 regional Galleries, [various]

Cat 18

EXHIBITED | 27th Aug to 17th Sep 1986

"New English Art Club Centenary Exhibition", Christie's, South Kensington, London

Cat 235; NFS

EXHIBITED | 14th Oct to 8th Nov 1991

"Richard Eurich: Paintings Since the War" - The Fine Art Society, London

Cat 6

EXHIBITED | 28th Jan to 13th Mar 1994

"The Edge of all the Land: Richard Eurich 1903-1992" - Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton    (toured to Manchester, Bradford, Ipswich)

Cat 49

EXHIBITED | 28th Jul to 2nd Dec 2012

"Games in the Park", Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1971 - bought from Tooth's, possibly by Jean Shrimpton, for £375
  • ACQUIRED - 1980 - Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries
    purchased from The Fine Art Society by Bradford Art Galleries and Museums with the assistance of the Victoria & Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of Bradford Art Galleries and Museums; accession no 1980-002

Exhibitions:

  • 3rd May to 24th Aug 1952 - "Summer Exhibition 1952", Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Cat 621
  • 1st to 25th Feb 1956 - "RICHARD EURICH R.A., TWENTY NEW PAINTINGS", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 4
  • 1st to 24th Oct 1958 - "Richard Eurich, Derek Middleton, Maurice Utrillo", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 19
  • 16th May to 13th Jun 1964 - "Five R.A.s: Charles Cundall, William Dring, R.O. Dunlop, Richard Eurich, Lord Methuen", Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth
    Cat 4; priced at £200
  • 20th Apr to 15th May 1971 - "British Paintings 1900-1971", Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
    Cat 25
  • 26th Apr to 20th May 1977 - "Richard Eurich RA", The Fine Art Society, London    (toured to Fine Art Society, Edinburgh, 28 May-21 June 1977)
    Cat 4, illustrated
  • 25th Nov 1979 to 20th Jan 1980 - "Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition", Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries, Bradford    (toured Glasgow, London, Southampton)
    Cat 50, illustrated
  • 1983 - "Three Exhibitions About Painting: 2. Movement", 8 regional Galleries, [various]
    Cat 18
  • 27th Aug to 17th Sep 1986 - "New English Art Club Centenary Exhibition", Christie's, South Kensington, London
    Cat 235; NFS
  • 14th Oct to 8th Nov 1991 - "Richard Eurich: Paintings Since the War", The Fine Art Society, London
    Cat 6
  • 28th Jan to 13th Mar 1994 - "The Edge of all the Land: Richard Eurich 1903-1992", Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton    (toured to Manchester, Bradford, Ipswich)
    Cat 49
  • 28th Jul to 2nd Dec 2012 - "Games in the Park", Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford

Notes:

  • None recorded.

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References:

  • The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [fig 66, pg 88]
  • RICHARD EURICH, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition [catalogue to the exhibition of the same name done in association with The Fine Art Society] (by Caroline Krzesinska, pub. Bradford Art Galleries and Museums 1979) [p34]
  • Bridgeman Images [Art and media image library] [view image]
  • Art UK [artuk.org]
  • "I Spy Transport in Art" (Lucy Micklethwait, Collins 1996)
  • Contemporary British Artists (photographs by Saranjeet Walia ; ed. by Charlotte Parry-Crooke ; intro by Norbert Lynton, pub. 1979: Bergstrom+Boyle Books, London; ISBN 9780312166557, 0312166559)
  • “Interview: Richard Eurich, R.A.” (Peterson, Melanie, The Artist, London, Vol 82, Issue 488) [p 51]
  • Eurich, Richard: Artists (by Colin Neville, pub. Not Just Hockney website) [illustrated]