Solent Fort (1936)
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Solent Fort

1936

Oil on canvas
101.6 x 127 cm

Private Collection, UK


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Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R.EURICH 1936

Aka: Solent Fort; The Solent Fort [Bradford]

England Hampshire Portsmouth The South Dazzle camouflage breakers flags fortification large waves pier rough sea sailing yacht sea sea fort seafort wild windy

There is a note in Richard's sales diary that this work was bought by the Ministry of Works, but we have no other record to confirm if it was nor when. If it was in the Government Art Collection for a while, why did it come back into private ownership?

REP / PC

Four Palmerston seaforts were built across the Solent from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight around 1860. They were designed, along with other land based forts, to protect the Royal Navy port of Portsmouth from a perceived threat from the French navy.

The seaforts were the main subject in a number of Richard's paintings, and an incidental subject in a few others. See the links below to the other works.

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 8th to 31st Oct 1936

"Recent Paintings by Richard Eurich" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 17; priced at 100 guineas

ACQUIRED | [unknown date]

bought by private collector from the Redfern Gallery for £75 [RE sales diary entry 115]

NOTE | 1937

RE writes in his sales diary: " Purchaser found it too large, asked Redfern to resell it."

EXHIBITED | 14th Oct to 5th Dec 1937

"International Exhibition of Paintings" - Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, USA

Cat 163

EXHIBITED | 1st May to 7th Aug 1939

"Summer Exhibition 1939" - Royal Academy of Arts, London

Cat 285; reproduced in illustrated version of the RA catalogue

EXHIBITED | 2nd to 25th Nov 1939

"Richard Eurich" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 18; priced at £150

EXHIBITED | 6th Aug to 26th Sep 1942

"Summer Exhibition, French and English" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 54; priced at 100 Guineas

EXHIBITED | 9th Feb to 19th Mar 1946

"New English Art Club 98th Exhibition (Spring)" - Royal Academy Galleries, London

Cat 197

EXHIBITED | 21st May to 21st Jun 1947

"New English Art Club" - City Art Gallery, Queen's Road, Bristol

Cat 41; priced at £105

EXHIBITED | 1st Jun to 26th Aug 1951

"RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTINGS by RICHARD EURICH, A.R.A." - City of Bradford Art Gallery, Cartwright Hall, Bradford

Cat 42

IN COLLECTION | [unknown date]

British American Tobacco Company Ltd

AUCTIONED | 27th Nov 1997

"Modern British and Irish Art" - Christie’s, King Street, London

lot 30, illustrated

IN COLLECTION | 2018

Private Collection, UK

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - [unknown date] - bought by private collector from the Redfern Gallery for £75 [RE sales diary entry 115]
  • IN COLLECTION - [unknown date] - British American Tobacco Company Ltd
  • AUCTIONED - 27th Nov 1997 - "Modern British and Irish Art", Christie’s, King Street, London
    lot 30, illustrated
  • IN COLLECTION - 2018 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 8th to 31st Oct 1936 - "Recent Paintings by Richard Eurich", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 17; priced at 100 guineas
  • 14th Oct to 5th Dec 1937 - "International Exhibition of Paintings", Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, USA
    Cat 163
  • 1st May to 7th Aug 1939 - "Summer Exhibition 1939", Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Cat 285; reproduced in illustrated version of the RA catalogue
  • 2nd to 25th Nov 1939 - "Richard Eurich", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 18; priced at £150
  • 6th Aug to 26th Sep 1942 - "Summer Exhibition, French and English", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 54; priced at 100 Guineas
  • 9th Feb to 19th Mar 1946 - "New English Art Club 98th Exhibition (Spring)", Royal Academy Galleries, London
    Cat 197
  • 21st May to 21st Jun 1947 - "New English Art Club", City Art Gallery, Queen's Road, Bristol
    Cat 41; priced at £105
  • 1st Jun to 26th Aug 1951 - "RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTINGS by RICHARD EURICH, A.R.A.", City of Bradford Art Gallery, Cartwright Hall, Bradford
    Cat 42

Notes:

  • 1937 - NOTE
    RE writes in his sales diary: " Purchaser found it too large, asked Redfern to resell it."

Related  

Ships of All Nations Assembling off Spithead, 14 June 1953 for Coronation Review by the Queen, 15 June 1953 (1953-54)

Image © Portsmouth Museums and Visitor Services

 

Zoom in to find the sea fort on the horizon.

Beach with Bathers (1969)
Zoom in to find the sea fort on the horizon.
Image © Tate

 

Solent Fort (1954)

Image © 2018 Christie's Images Limited

 

Solent Fort and Helicopter (1953)

Image © the Collector

 

'Solent Fort' on display at the 1937 Pittsburgh 'International Exhibition of Paintings'

'Solent Fort' on display at the 1937 Pittsburgh 'International Exhibition of Paintings'
Image © Carnegie Institute

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References:

  • RA Illustrated [1939]
  • “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) [Fig. 10; Erratum: the published image in the exhibition catalogue was of Solent Fort painted in 1954]
  • Country Life [as recorded in RE sales diary] (possibly 1950)