The Club Room (1931)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

The Club Room

1931

Tempera on canvas
50 x 60 cm

Private Collection, UK


Works | 1930 to 1939 Interiors View through a Window or Door Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist

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Recto: Signed and dated upper right: R. Eurich. 1931.

Aka: The Club Room; The Clubroom [RE sales diary]

Verso: Inscribed on frame "R. EURICH, THE CLUB ROOM", and label partly obscured by backing with type written inscription "THE CLUB ROOM, 1931"

Other measurements: 50 x 60 cm [artist's estate]; 49.5 x 58.4 cm [other]

The Seaman's Rest boat house book figure globe harbour man map model sailing boat pictures on wall quay reading sailing yacht sea table town urban urban landscape view through a window window window seat

There is some chance that the work recorded as The Club Room (1938) Cat 58 in a 1980 Ash Barn Gallery catalogue is misdated, and could actually refer to this work.

REP / PC

Eurich fills his fictional space with the richest range of reference, yet controls the whole with a mastery extraordinary for a twenty-eight-year-old. A decade later Eurich wrote to Sydney Schiff, his friend and patron, "I wish to see every painting as a world of its own."

Provenance

EXHIBITED | May 1931

"Spring Salon" - Goupil Gallery, London

EXHIBITED | October 1931

"Yorkshire Group of Artists" - Cartwright Hall, Bradford

EXHIBITED | 30th Mar to 22nd Apr 1933

"Paintings of Dorset Seaports by Richard Eurich" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 45; priced at 15 Guineas

ACQUIRED | 1982

bought by a private collector from the Fine Art Society for £966

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 10

EXHIBITED | 15th Mar to 26th Apr 2003

"Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist" - Millais Gallery, Southampton Institute (now Solent University), toured to Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth and The Fine Art Society, London

Cat 16, illustrated

IN COLLECTION | 2016

Private Collection, UK

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1982 - bought by a private collector from the Fine Art Society for £966
  • IN COLLECTION - 2016 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • May 1931 - "Spring Salon", Goupil Gallery, London
  • October 1931 - "Yorkshire Group of Artists", Cartwright Hall, Bradford
  • 30th Mar to 22nd Apr 1933 - "Paintings of Dorset Seaports by Richard Eurich", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 45; priced at 15 Guineas
  • 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 10
  • 15th Mar to 26th Apr 2003 - "Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist", Millais Gallery, Southampton Institute (now Solent University), toured to Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth and The Fine Art Society, London
    Cat 16, illustrated

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Details  

Richard at his klavicord in Appletreewick with The Club Room on his wall c1933

Richard at his klavicord in Appletreewick with The Club Room on his wall c1933
Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

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References:

  • “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) [Cat 16, illustrated]