Internees (1943)
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Internees

1943

Oil on card
22.5 x 28 cm

Private Collection, UK

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Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich. 1943

Aka: Internees; [Redfern]; Jewish Internees [RE sales diary]

Verso: Signed

Other measurements: 22.5x28 cm; 23 x 28 cm

glasses group imprisoned internee male men portrait war

Richard became particularly aware of the Nazi concentration camps through his friendship and correspondence with one of his patrons, Sydney Schiff. This painting is one of two Richard did out of his imagination in response to the what he learned about the plight of Jewish people on the continent during the war. The other one, "From Dachau", is illustrated below.

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“Since I last wrote I have painted another very small work, or rather a study, of Jews in a concentration camp. The painting of it is almost like a watercolour, transparent and no solid white used, except for the white ground on which it is painted, and since this little effort I have been reading Feuchtwanger’s ‘The Devil in France’ being his experiences in concentration camps during the first six months of the war, and I felt I had got very much the feeling into my painting of some of the men he describes."

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 8th Apr to 1st May 1943

"Richard Eurich, A.R.A., Wenceslaus Hollar, Durer & Rembrandt. French Paintings" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 19

ACQUIRED | 1943

bought by Mrs Philip Dunne from the Redfern Gallery show

EXHIBITED | 5th to 28th Jun 1952

"Richard Eurich - Paintings on Small Panels" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 139

WITH | July 1960

the Redfern Gallery

EXHIBITED | 2nd May to 26th Aug 1970

"Summer Exhibition 1970" - Royal Academy of Arts, London

Cat 228; shown as "Internees, 1943"

ACQUIRED | 1970

bought by F Kobler from the RA summer show

AUCTIONED | 18th Nov 1988

"[title unknown]", Phillips, Marylebone, London

lot 125, illustrated; anonymous sale

AUCTIONED | 9th Sep 1994

"[title unknown]", Halls, Shrewsbury

lot 159, illustrated

WITH | [unknown date]

Peter Nahum, The Leicester Galleries, London

WITH | [unknown date]

Clerkenwell Fine Art, London

ACQUIRED | 2011

purchased from Clerkenwell Fine Art by a private collector

AUCTIONED | 10th Jun 2014

"Modern & Post-War British Art" - Sotheby’s, London

lot 122, illustrated

IN COLLECTION | 2019

Private Collection, UK

AUCTIONED | 22nd Jan 2020

"Modern British Art Day Sale" - Christie's, London

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1943 - bought by Mrs Philip Dunne from the Redfern Gallery show
  • ACQUIRED - 1970 - bought by F Kobler from the RA summer show
  • AUCTIONED - 18th Nov 1988 - "[title unknown]", Phillips, Marylebone, London
    lot 125, illustrated; anonymous sale
  • AUCTIONED - 9th Sep 1994 - "[title unknown]", Halls, Shrewsbury
    lot 159, illustrated
  • ACQUIRED - 2011 - purchased from Clerkenwell Fine Art by a private collector
  • AUCTIONED - 10th Jun 2014 - "Modern & Post-War British Art", Sotheby’s, London
    lot 122, illustrated
  • IN COLLECTION - 2019 - Private Collection, UK
  • AUCTIONED - 22nd Jan 2020 - "Modern British Art Day Sale", Christie's, London

Exhibitions:

  • 8th Apr to 1st May 1943 - "Richard Eurich, A.R.A., Wenceslaus Hollar, Durer & Rembrandt. French Paintings", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 19
  • 5th to 28th Jun 1952 - "Richard Eurich - Paintings on Small Panels", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 139
  • 2nd May to 26th Aug 1970 - "Summer Exhibition 1970", Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Cat 228; shown as "Internees, 1943"

Notes:

  • July 1960 - WITH
    the Redfern Gallery
  • [unknown date] - WITH
    Peter Nahum, The Leicester Galleries, London
  • [unknown date] - WITH
    Clerkenwell Fine Art, London

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"From Dachau" (1942) was on loan to Sydney Schiff for a while, but  it was too powerful an image and he eventually returned it.

From Dachau (1942)
"From Dachau" (1942) was on loan to Sydney Schiff for a while, but it was too powerful an image and he eventually returned it.
Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

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