The Red Engine (1943)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

The Red Engine

1943

Oil on panel
22 x 30 cm

Private Collection, UK

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Recto: Signed lower left: R. Eurich; dated lower right: 1943; inscribed lower right: To Paul

Aka: The Red Engine [Redfern]; Little Red Engine [the collector]

Other measurements: 22.5 x 30 cm [REP]

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27th October 1943: “Painted small picture of red engine in a country station for Paul Bielby for Christmas. A great success with Crispin who says it is the best painting I have done. This gives rise to an idea. Throughout the winter it would be a good corrective to paint a number of small paintings for children, and suggest a show at the Redfern Gallery.”

RE diary

Andrew quotes R.E.'s letter to Schiff on this subject: "I have always wanted to indulge in free fancy and humour occasionally and this seems to be a good way of liberating it, besides giving a freedom and opening up ideas in more serious work... And I know what amazing pleasure it gave me as a small boy when my grandmother gave me a picture, I could hardly believe it was really for me, to hang in my own room. No one else had dreamed of giving me such a thing, and I believe the gift of paintings to children might …

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Andrew quotes R.E.'s letter to Schiff on this subject: "I have always wanted to indulge in free fancy and humour occasionally and this seems to be a good way of liberating it, besides giving a freedom and opening up ideas in more serious work... And I know what amazing pleasure it gave me as a small boy when my grandmother gave me a picture, I could hardly believe it was really for me, to hang in my own room. No one else had dreamed of giving me such a thing, and I believe the gift of paintings to children might have a lifelong effect for good."

Provenance

GIFTED | 1943

Private Collection, UK

painted for and given to the present owner when he was 8 years old

EXHIBITED | 10th to 28th Apr 1945

"Paintings for Children by Richard Eurich" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 121; priced at 14 Guineas

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Provenance:

  • GIFTED - 1943 - Private Collection, UK
    painted for and given to the present owner when he was 8 years old

Exhibitions:

  • 10th to 28th Apr 1945 - "Paintings for Children by Richard Eurich", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 121; priced at 14 Guineas

Notes:

  • None recorded.

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