1980
Oil and pencil on board
42 x 46 cm
Private Collection, UK
Works | 1980 to 1989 Figures on a Beach Umbrellas | Hats All Works in RA Summer Exhibitions 1937 to 1993 All Works in NEAC Exhibitions 1927 to 1992 Lepe Beach and The Solent Families
Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich. ’80
Verso: Inscribed "THE WHITE SAIL. RICHARD EURICH R.A. 1980" , Alresford Gallery label and Fine Art Society label from 1988
Other measurements: 42 x 46 cm [REP]; 40.5 x 45.7 cm
England Hampshire Lepe Beach The Solent The South boats bowler hat boy families family father girl lift lifting man mother parents sail swimming suits trunks toys women woman femaleThe title subject is dead centre of the picture, and yet if I had been composing a name for the painting I’d probably have referred to the human figures. Yet, when your attention is drawn to the sail you realise how it shines out at you like a light. But the figures are strangely flat and the tall man weirdly elongated with his child draped awkwardly against him. This is one of the earliest examples I have come across where he uses pencil as well as oil paint which contributes to the overall flatness and the second where he has …
The title subject is dead centre of the picture, and yet if I had been composing a name for the painting I’d probably have referred to the human figures. Yet, when your attention is drawn to the sail you realise how it shines out at you like a light. But the figures are strangely flat and the tall man weirdly elongated with his child draped awkwardly against him. This is one of the earliest examples I have come across where he uses pencil as well as oil paint which contributes to the overall flatness and the second where he has used figures in this monumental fashion.
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