Grey Still Life (1959)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

Grey Still Life

1959

Oil on board
30.5 x 34 cm

Private Collection, UK

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Recto: Signed and dated lower left R. Eurich. '59.

Aka: Grey Still Life; Still Life with Poppy Seed Heads; Still Life [ Millair

Other measurements: 30.5 x 34 cm [REP]; 27.9 x 31.8 cm [Millais]

The Art of Richard Eurich bread decanter flower fruit glass jug plum poppy head seed

As I look at this painting, I can almost hear Dad's voice telling me to ”Look at the spaces between.”  He didn't attempt to teach me anything about painting when I became an art student, but this statement stuck in my consciousness, just as “when something looks wrong in a painting, it is often the thing next to it you need to look at.”

Dad gave me it as a 21st birthday present. To me it represents “the rightness” of a composition, a stillness ( literally), and a perfect balance of tones. It emanates a sense of peace, that …

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As I look at this painting, I can almost hear Dad's voice telling me to ”Look at the spaces between.”  He didn't attempt to teach me anything about painting when I became an art student, but this statement stuck in my consciousness, just as “when something looks wrong in a painting, it is often the thing next to it you need to look at.”

Dad gave me it as a 21st birthday present. To me it represents “the rightness” of a composition, a stillness ( literally), and a perfect balance of tones. It emanates a sense of peace, that I appreciate in very many  of his paintings.

REP/CM

The composer Gordon Jacob who lived locally used to say half jokingly ‘When in doubt, write a fugue.’ Dad used to say the equivalent for him was ‘When in doubt, paint a still life.’ They crop up at various times throughout his life like moments where he pauses for thought.”

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 15th Mar to 26th Apr 2003

"Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist" - Millais Gallery, Southampton Institute (now Solent University), toured to Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth and The Fine Art Society, London

Cat 39, illustrated

IN COLLECTION | 2015

Private Collection, UK

EXHIBITED | 21st Sep to 3rd Oct 2020

"The Art of Richard Eurich" - Waterhouse & Dodd, London

on loan from collector

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Provenance:

  • IN COLLECTION - 2015 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 15th Mar to 26th Apr 2003 - "Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist", Millais Gallery, Southampton Institute (now Solent University), toured to Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth and The Fine Art Society, London
    Cat 39, illustrated
  • 21st Sep to 3rd Oct 2020 - "The Art of Richard Eurich", Waterhouse & Dodd, London
    on loan from collector

Notes:

  • None recorded.

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References:

  • “Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist” (Edward Chaney and Christine Clearkin (contributions by James Hyman, David McCann and Peyton Skipwith), pub. 2003: Paul Holberton Publishing, ISBN 1903470110) [Cat 39, illustrated]
  • The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [fig 77, pg 100]