Troops at Balliol, Second World War (1947)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

Troops at Balliol, Second World War

1947

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 …

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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)

Provenance

COMMISSIONED | 1946

by Vincent Massey

GIFTED | 1947

Balliol College, Oxford University, UK

by Vincent Massey

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Provenance:

  • COMMISSIONED - 1946 - by Vincent Massey
  • GIFTED - 1947 - Balliol College, Oxford University, UK
    by Vincent Massey

Exhibitions:

  • None recorded.

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Details  

Detail Left

Detail Left
Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Detail Centre

Detail Centre
Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Detail Right

Detail Right
Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

Sketches  

Sketch_20-072 Balliol buildings (1947)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Sketch_20-073 Master of Balliol, Lord Lindsay (1947)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

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