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These four Eurichs were destroyed by an enemy action during WW2.
They were part of an exhibition of 111 war artist works on their way to Rio de Janeiro. The ship carrying the exhibition was torpedoed and sunk. The War Artists’ Advisory Committee had put together the exhibition as an act of solidarity with Brazil. Brazil was the only South American country to send troops to fight along side other Allied forces in Europe (in Italy).
To make up for for this loss, the tour of an earlier WAAC show around the USA and Canada was extended, after its showing in San Francisco in 1942, to Central and South America. Richard’s now famous Withdrawal from Dunkirk, June 1940 was given a special place in the show and its image was used on the cover of the catalogue.
In 1944 Brazil returned the act of friendship by sending 168 works by their most prominent modernist artists to London. They were shown at a special exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1944. The show attracted over 100,000 visitors, including the Queen Mother. Half the artworks were sold to support the war effort and others were given to public galleries in the UK.
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