Last of the Light (1992)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

Last of the Light

1992

Oil on board
61 x 76 cm

Private Collection, UK


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Recto: Unsigned and undated

Aka: Last of the Light [REP]; Landscape with Sun [Southampton]

Other measurements: 61 x 76 cm [REP]; 59.7 x 73.66 cm

England Hampshire Southampton The South sun sunrise

RE‘s last painting, a view from his hospital window.

From a note in the catalogue to the exhibition RE-Discovered 2003

Paul Clarke, The First Gallery

The darkening landscape is still irradiated by a burning disc of sun, but it seems like no earthly time of day. This is a different playing out of the dialogue between dark and light, a truly original interpretation. It is a powerful image, strongly painted and constructed. It is difficult to gauge the mood of this work: it is neither resigned nor ordinarily optimistic. It is somehow exalted, and utterly remarkable.

Provenance

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 93; exhibited as 'Landscape with Sun'

EXHIBITED | 8th to 29th Mar 2003

"RE-Discovered, a centenary celebration show of paintings and drawings by RICHARD EURICH OBE RA (1903 - 1992)" - The First Gallery, Southampton

Cat 20; exhibited as 'Last of the Light'; priced at £4800

EXHIBITED | 29th Jun to 28th Jul 2013

"A Gathered Radiance, Late and Early Drawings and Paintings by Richard Eurich" - The First Gallery, Southampton

Cat 69

IN COLLECTION | 2015

Private Collection, UK

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Provenance:

  • IN COLLECTION - 2015 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 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 93; exhibited as 'Landscape with Sun'
  • 8th to 29th Mar 2003 - "RE-Discovered, a centenary celebration show of paintings and drawings by RICHARD EURICH OBE RA (1903 - 1992)", The First Gallery, Southampton
    Cat 20; exhibited as 'Last of the Light'; priced at £4800
  • 29th Jun to 28th Jul 2013 - "A Gathered Radiance, Late and Early Drawings and Paintings by Richard Eurich", The First Gallery, Southampton
    Cat 69

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Related  

Last Light (1983)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

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References:

  • The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [fig 167, pg 184]