Robin Hood's Bay in Wartime (1940)
Photo: national Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London      
© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1947 (CC BY-NC-ND)

Robin Hood's Bay in Wartime

1940

Oil on canvas
63.5 x 76.2 cm

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London


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See the notes in the Art UK entry in References below.

REP

This painting was RE's first wartime commission for the Admiralty, together with 'Fishing Boats at Whitby Bay', aka Whitby in Wartime.

REP

11 April 1940
"Walked to Robin Hood’s Bay. Bus back. Rifles being doled out to men who took it somewhat as a joke."

Provenance

ACQUIRED | 1940

bought by the Ministry of Information for £25

EXHIBITED | 1940 to 1942

"British Painting Today, Contemporary Art Society" - provincial tour, [various, including Bolton]

EXHIBITED | December 1940

"British War Artists" - National Gallery, London

GIFTED | c1947

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

gifted by the War Artists' Advisory Committee; accession number BHC1572

EXHIBITED | 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992

"Richard Eurich - From Dunkirk to D-Day" - Imperial War Museum, London, UK

Cat 5

EXHIBITED | 20th Mar to 29th May 2004

"Sea Change - Paintings by Richard Eurich in War and Peace" - St. Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, Lymington

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1940 - bought by the Ministry of Information for £25
  • GIFTED - c1947 - National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
    gifted by the War Artists' Advisory Committee; accession number BHC1572

Exhibitions:

  • 1940 to 1942 - "British Painting Today, Contemporary Art Society", provincial tour, [various, including Bolton]
  • December 1940 - "British War Artists", National Gallery, London
  • 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992 - "Richard Eurich - From Dunkirk to D-Day", Imperial War Museum, London, UK
    Cat 5
  • 20th Mar to 29th May 2004 - "Sea Change - Paintings by Richard Eurich in War and Peace", St. Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, Lymington

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Location  

The Slip, Robin Hood's Bay (1934)

Image © The Collector

 

Robin Hood's Bay (1934-5)

Image © Beaverbrook Art Gallery

 

Red Roofs, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire (1938)

Image © Jenna Burlingham Fine Art

 

The Pilot Boat (1936)

Image © The Collector

Related  

Whitby in Wartime (1940)

Image © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1947 (CC BY-NC-ND)

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References:

  • Art UK [artuk.org]
  • “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) [Figure 11 in catalogue, not exhibited]
  • 'Night Raid on Portsmouth Docks’ signed 1941 - A Wartime Incident by Richard Eurich (1903-1992), THE ELUSIVE MR BEARE AND OTHER ESSAYS [ISBN 978 0 9559118 1 1] (Nigel Surry, Fortune Press, 2015)
  • Nothing missing in action [review of "Richard Eurich: from Dunkirk to D-Day"] (by John Russell Taylor, pub. The Times, 2 October 1991) [detail of 'Robin Hood's Bay in Wartime' illustrated]
  • Art UK Curations 3 [Themed groups of works selected from the Art UK online catalogue by art professionals and members of the public.] [Artists and wartime places: Richard Eurich | curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets, Art UK]
  • Art UK Curations 2 [Themed groups of works selected from the Art UK online catalogue by art professionals and members of the public.] [The Great British Coastline Art Tour: Yorkshire | curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets, Art UK]