1938
Oil on canvas
76 x 101.3 cm
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Works | 1930 to 1939 Seascapes | Coastal Scenes All Works in RA Summer Exhibitions 1937 to 1993 Towns | Town Life | Buildings All Works in Public Collections Birds Eye View Patrons | Vincent and Alice Massey
Recto: Signed lower left: R. Eurich '38
Aka: Staithes, Yorkshire [NGoC]; Staithes, York [Redfern]; Staithes [RA]
England Staithes The North Yorkshire National Gallery of Canada architecture bay boats breakers breakwater bridge bridges buildings cliffs dinghys figures large waves public collection river roofs rough sea rowing boat seawall steps stone buildings town villages wavesVincent Massey was the Canadian High Commissioner to Britain during WW2, and later became the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada. He was also an art collector, and took a close interest in the activities of the both the Canadian and British war artists. Richard's set of Dunkirk pictures painted in 1940 were done speculatively before he was taken on as a official war artist, so he had to try to sell them through the Redfern gallery. Massey bought the biggest of them, Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940 (1940), at the 1941 exhibition, along with this painting Staithes, Yorkshire (1938), …
Vincent Massey was the Canadian High Commissioner to Britain during WW2, and later became the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada. He was also an art collector, and took a close interest in the activities of the both the Canadian and British war artists. Richard's set of Dunkirk pictures painted in 1940 were done speculatively before he was taken on as a official war artist, so he had to try to sell them through the Redfern gallery. Massey bought the biggest of them, Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940 (1940), at the 1941 exhibition, along with this painting Staithes, Yorkshire (1938), both of which he gifted to the National Gallery of Canada.
Also see: The Frozen Tarn (1940) and Troops at Balliol, Second World War (1947)
Not to be confused with 'Staithes, Yorkshire' (c1973).
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