1947
Oil on canvas
89.8 x 165.1 cm
Balliol College, Oxford University, UK
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Recto: Signed lower right: R Eurich. (R partly painted out)
Aka: Troops at Balliol, Second World War [ArtUK]; Officers and Men of the Allied Nations, Balliol [Balliol]; The Garden Quad in Wartime [Balliol]; Lectures in War Time, Balliol College, Oxford (commemoration of same) [RE sales diary]
England Oxford The South Americans Balliol College Oxford College Horse Chestnut Royal Navy WRENS WW2 WWII World War 2 World War II air force airmen animal army black blossom bowling bowls cat chestnut ethnic game garden grass groups hat lawn lawn bowls lying down man men navy quad quadrangle relaxing sailors smoking soldiers talking tea trees uniforms university war wartime women woman femaleThis painting was commissioned in early 1946 and delivered late in 1947 [RE diaries]. John Jones, former Balliol Dean, comments: "The commission was a thank offering to the College from a very distinguished Balliol man, Vincent Massey [first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada] whose sons had survived the war against the odds. The painting originally dominated a semi-private dining room known as the Massey Room. The grey suited figure in the group on the left is Lord Lindsay (Master of Balliol College), the man in the grey suit centre right is J. N. Bryson (Fellow of Balliol) and the figure …
This painting was commissioned in early 1946 and delivered late in 1947 [RE diaries]. John Jones, former Balliol Dean, comments: "The commission was a thank offering to the College from a very distinguished Balliol man, Vincent Massey [first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada] whose sons had survived the war against the odds. The painting originally dominated a semi-private dining room known as the Massey Room. The grey suited figure in the group on the left is Lord Lindsay (Master of Balliol College), the man in the grey suit centre right is J. N. Bryson (Fellow of Balliol) and the figure in the white jacket is Giles Alington of University College."
See also Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940 (1940), Staithes, Yorkshire (1938) and The Frozen Tarn (1940)
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Richard Eurich Paintings
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Richard Eurich Paintings
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Richard Eurich Paintings
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