The Rock (The Cow of the Cow and Calf Rocks, Ilkley) (1968)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

The Rock (The Cow of the Cow and Calf Rocks, Ilkley)

1968

Oil on board
50 x 86.5 cm

Private Collection, UK


Landscapes | Gardens Works | 1960 to 1969 All Works in RA Summer Exhibitions 1937 to 1993 Families

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Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich ‘68

Cat: REP0011

England Ilkley The North Yorkshire boys child children escarpment fields moors mother outcrop rocks stones viewpoint women woman female

…..I have been painting during the last week a picture of the top of the Cow (Cow and Calf rocks) which I made a small drawing of when we were up in Ilkley recently. I think it is rather good, though of course one changes one’s mind.
I do hope I shall be able to come north from time to time for a few days to make more drawings because looking through the studies I made over forty years ago, I realise that is my spiritual home.
It is funny to see my old studio still standing in the garden …

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…..I have been painting during the last week a picture of the top of the Cow (Cow and Calf rocks) which I made a small drawing of when we were up in Ilkley recently. I think it is rather good, though of course one changes one’s mind.
I do hope I shall be able to come north from time to time for a few days to make more drawings because looking through the studies I made over forty years ago, I realise that is my spiritual home.
It is funny to see my old studio still standing in the garden down below the moors there. When you and I climbed up Blackstone Beck together I could hardly understand the gap of forty years, time stood still.

 

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 1969

"Summer Exhibition 1969" - Royal Academy of Arts, London

Cat 59

EXHIBITED | 29th Sep to 16th Oct 1970

"Richard Eurich - Recent Paintings" - Arthur Tooth & Sons, London

Cat 35, illustrated; priced at £370; repainted for this show according to RE note in RE archive

EXHIBITED | 26th Apr to 20th May 1977

"Richard Eurich RA" - The Fine Art Society, London    (toured to Fine Art Society, Edinburgh, 28 May-21 June 1977)

Cat 14

EXHIBITED | 25th Nov 1979 to 20th Jan 1980

"Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition" - Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries, Bradford    (toured Glasgow, London, Southampton)

Cat 67, illustrated

EXHIBITED | 14th Oct to 8th Nov 1991

"Richard Eurich: Paintings Since the War" - The Fine Art Society, London

Cat 11

EXHIBITED | 1st to 25th Feb 1994

"A Tribute to Richard Eurich" - The Fine Art Society, London

Cat 20; priced at £6500

IN COLLECTION | [unknown date]

artist’s estate

EXHIBITED | 25th Jan to 6th Mar 2003

"Richard Eurich: Yorkshire Paintings, a Centenary Exhibition of The Quiet Man of Yorkshire" - Wakefield Gallery, Yorkshire

ACQUIRED | [unknown date]

by private collector

GIFTED | [unknown date]

to member of the family

IN COLLECTION | [unknown date]

Private Collection, UK

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Provenance:

  • IN COLLECTION - [unknown date] - artist’s estate
  • ACQUIRED - [unknown date] - by private collector
  • GIFTED - [unknown date] - to member of the family
  • IN COLLECTION - [unknown date] - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 1969 - "Summer Exhibition 1969", Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Cat 59
  • 29th Sep to 16th Oct 1970 - "Richard Eurich - Recent Paintings", Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
    Cat 35, illustrated; priced at £370; repainted for this show according to RE note in RE archive
  • 26th Apr to 20th May 1977 - "Richard Eurich RA", The Fine Art Society, London    (toured to Fine Art Society, Edinburgh, 28 May-21 June 1977)
    Cat 14
  • 25th Nov 1979 to 20th Jan 1980 - "Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition", Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries, Bradford    (toured Glasgow, London, Southampton)
    Cat 67, illustrated
  • 14th Oct to 8th Nov 1991 - "Richard Eurich: Paintings Since the War", The Fine Art Society, London
    Cat 11
  • 1st to 25th Feb 1994 - "A Tribute to Richard Eurich", The Fine Art Society, London
    Cat 20; priced at £6500
  • 25th Jan to 6th Mar 2003 - "Richard Eurich: Yorkshire Paintings, a Centenary Exhibition of The Quiet Man of Yorkshire", Wakefield Gallery, Yorkshire

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Sketches  

Sketch_17-084 Cow sarcophagus, Cow and Calf Rock, Ilkley (30th Aug 1968)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Sketch_17-085 Ilkley rocks (30th Aug 1968)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Sketch_17-086 Ilkley rocks and figures (30th Aug 1968)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

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References:

  • "Magnetic pull of the Sea" (Davis, Frank, Country Life, 1 May 1980, Vol 167, No 4321) [p 1323]
  • RICHARD EURICH, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition [catalogue to the exhibition of the same name done in association with The Fine Art Society] (by Caroline Krzesinska, pub. Bradford Art Galleries and Museums 1979) [p39]