1954
Oil on canvas
63 x 76 cm
With Robert Upstone (as of April 2022)
Works | 1950 to 1959 Towns | Town Life | Buildings Weather | Storm | Wind | Rain | Snow | Mist | Fog All Works in NEAC Exhibitions 1927 to 1992
Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich. '54
Aka: York from the Walls [RE diary, Redfern]; From York Walls [frame]; From the Walls, York [Bonhams (stretcher) and NEAV]
Verso: Frame inscribed "Cat No 11 R. Eurich From York Walls 200"
Other measurements: 63 x 76 cm [REP]; 63.5 x 76.2 cm [Bonhams]
England The North York Yorkshire TV aerial buildings cathedral chimneys churches clock tower clothes line clouds cooling tower dark dark grey sky gas tower gasometer houses industrial industry minster railings spire steam television terrace terraced houses washing water cooling towerPainted in the year following his appointment as a full Academician at the Royal Academy, From the Walls, York (1954) is a dramatic representation of the northern city with ominous clouds dominating the composition. The unsettling atmosphere that pervades is quite possibly related to York's struggle during the war when the so called Baedecker raids targeted and devastated large swathes of the city. The artist's view is across the rooftops of the Roman defences and takes in domestic dwellings, an industrial cooling tower and of course the celebrated gothic minster. As in the York Festival Triptych, there is a degree …
Painted in the year following his appointment as a full Academician at the Royal Academy, From the Walls, York (1954) is a dramatic representation of the northern city with ominous clouds dominating the composition. The unsettling atmosphere that pervades is quite possibly related to York's struggle during the war when the so called Baedecker raids targeted and devastated large swathes of the city. The artist's view is across the rooftops of the Roman defences and takes in domestic dwellings, an industrial cooling tower and of course the celebrated gothic minster. As in the York Festival Triptych, there is a degree of artistic licence as Eurich uses his imagination to bring together the various elements that comprise the painting.
It is a brave person who has left their washing on the line!
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