The Goods Train (c1945)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

The Goods Train

c1945

Oil on panel
16.3 x 32.7 cm

Private Collection, UK

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Recto: Signed lower right: R. Eurich.

Aka: The Goods Train [Redfern]; Goods Train & Cement Works [RE sales diary]

Verso: Labels from MOMA Wales and from the Redfern Gallery

Other measurements: 16.3 x 32.7 cm [REP]

animals boats cable car cart chalk chimney cows cutting goods wagons groynes hills horse industrial industry jetty sea shore train wagons

"Within the Gibbs collection, is a small painting by Richard Eurich of a train speeding along a track, and it was this, together with the lovely notion of acquiring art for children so early in their lives, that led me to make Painting for a Child’s Bedroom.”

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 10th to 28th Apr 1945

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

Cat 105; priced at 8 Guineas

ACQUIRED | May 1945

purchased by Mrs Gibbs from the Redfern Gallery

EXHIBITED | 18th Sep 2004 to 16th Jan 2005

"An Art Accustomed Eye", National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

EXHIBITED | 11th Sep 2010 to 8th Jan 2011

"Art for Children" - Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth, Wales

curated by Dr Peter Wakelin

IN COLLECTION | 2016

Private Collection, UK

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - May 1945 - purchased by Mrs Gibbs from the Redfern Gallery
  • IN COLLECTION - 2016 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 10th to 28th Apr 1945 - "Paintings for Children by Richard Eurich", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 105; priced at 8 Guineas
  • 18th Sep 2004 to 16th Jan 2005 - "An Art Accustomed Eye", National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
  • 11th Sep 2010 to 8th Jan 2011 - "Art for Children", Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth, Wales
    curated by Dr Peter Wakelin

Notes:

  • None recorded.

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References:

  • An Art Accustomed Eye (by Clive Hicks-Jenkins, pub. Clive Hicks-Jenkins' Artlog) [reference]
  • Enlightened philanthropy (by Roderic Dunnett, pub. The Spectator (13 Nov 2004)) [reference]
  • The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [fig 53, pg 73]