The Green Shirt (1932)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

The Green Shirt

1932

Oil on panel
25.5 x 20.5 cm

Private Collection, UK

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Recto: Signed upper right: EURICH 1932

Verso: Fine Art Society label dated 1982 with reference number 10180 and a Fine Art Society label dated May 1989, reference number 12542, from the exhibition of "Spring '89" [cat 45]

Other measurements: 25.5 X 20.5 cm [REP]; 25.4 x 20.3 cm

casual dinghy male man portrait rough sailing boats sails sea waves young man

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 28th Feb to 30th Mar 1935

"Richard Eurich" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 33; priced at 6 Guineas

ACQUIRED | 1935

bought by family friend Vivienne Cutting from the Redfern Gallery for 6 guineas

EXHIBITED | May 1989

"Spring '89" - Fine Art Society, London

Cat 45

EXHIBITED | 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992

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

Cat 1; loaned by Mr and Mrs Peyton Skipwith

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 13, illustrated

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 17, illustrated

EXHIBITED | 20th Mar to 29th May 2004

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

IN COLLECTION | 2016

Private Collection, UK

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1935 - bought by family friend Vivienne Cutting from the Redfern Gallery for 6 guineas
  • IN COLLECTION - 2016 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 28th Feb to 30th Mar 1935 - "Richard Eurich", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 33; priced at 6 Guineas
  • May 1989 - "Spring '89", Fine Art Society, London
    Cat 45
  • 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992 - "Richard Eurich - From Dunkirk to D-Day", Imperial War Museum, London, UK
    Cat 1; loaned by Mr and Mrs Peyton Skipwith
  • 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 13, illustrated
  • 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 17, illustrated
  • 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.

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References:

  • The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [fig 23, pg 37]
  • Bridgeman Images [Art and media image library] [view image]
  • “Edge of All the Land” Southampton (1994) (Southampton City Art Gallery / Nicholas Usherwood.) [Figure 13]
  • Poet of the Beach (Peyton Skipwith, Country Life, 19 September 2020) [pg 142]
  • Portrait of the Artist, Richard Eurich (Lambeth, Andrew, The Artists and Illustrators Magazine, December 1989) [p 27]
  • “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 17, illustrated]
  • In Focus: The Anglo-German pacifist-turned-war artist who famously chronicled Dunkirk — despite not being there [cut down version of Peyton Skipwith's article for the printed version, edited by Gavin Stamp - Sept 18, 2020] (Peyton Skipwith, Country Life - online)