Waterspout on the Solent - Richard Eurich (1903-1992)

Oil on canvas
51 x 61 cm

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries

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Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich. '54.

Aka: Waterspout on the Solent [Tooth’s, Bradford, and Fine Art Society]; Seascape with Waterspout [RA, Redfern, RE diary]

Verso: Label from the Bradford Richard Eurich Retrospective exhibition [1979-80] giving catalogue number 53 and the Fine Art Society as the source of the painting; Fine Art Society label from Marc h 1980 listing previous exhibitions - RA (375) as 'Seascape with Waterspout' , Redfern 1956 (11) as 'Seascape with Waterspout', Tooth 1973 (23), FAS 1977 (5), Bradford - FAS Glasgow - FAS London - Southampton 1979-80 'Richard Eurich, A Retrospective Exhibition' (53); another FAS label with reference to the 1973 Tooth's

Other measurements: 51 x 61 cm [Bradford]; 49.5 x 60.5 cm [REP]

England Hampshire The Solent The South Bradford Art Gallery Bradford Museums and Galleries Cartwright Hall Art Gallery boats large waves rocks rough sea sea storm storm clouds tornado twister waterspout water spout

Provenance:

ACQUIRED - 1980 - Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries
purchased by Bradford Art Gallery and Museums with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of Bradford Art Galleries and Museums; accession no 1980-003

Exhibitions:

30th Apr to 14th Aug 1955 - "Summer Exhibition 1955", Royal Academy of Arts, London
Cat 375; shown as 'Seascape with Waterspout'
1st to 25th Feb 1956 - "RICHARD EURICH R.A., TWENTY NEW PAINTINGS", Redfern Gallery, London
Cat 11; shown as 'Seascape with Waterspout'
9th to 27th Oct 1973 - "Richard Eurich, Recent Paintings", Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
Cat 23, illustrated
26th Apr to 20th May 1977 - "Richard Eurich RA", The Fine Art Society, London (toured to Fine Art Society, Edinburgh, 28 May-21 June 1977)
Cat 5
25th Nov 1979 to 20th Jan 1980 - "Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition", Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries, Bradford (toured Glasgow, London, Southampton)
Cat 53
14th Oct to 8th Nov 1991 - "Richard Eurich: Paintings Since the War", The Fine Art Society, London
Cat 7

Notes:

None recorded.

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References:

Bridgeman Images [Art and media image library] [view image]
Art UK [artuk.org]
The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [fig 63, pg 84]
RICHARD EURICH, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition [catalogue to the exhibition of the same name done in association with The Fine Art Society] (by Caroline Krzesinska, pub. Bradford Art Galleries and Museums 1979) [p36]
British Painters of the Coast and Sea: A History and Gazetteer (by Charles Hemming, pub. Gollancz; First Edition (1 Dec. 1988); ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0575039566, ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0575039568) [mentioned p99]
Creating a Catalogue Raisonné & Website for Richard Eurich RA NEAC OBE (by Philippa Bambach, pub. NEAC website, October 2023)
Art UK Curations 3 [Themed groups of works selected from the Art UK online catalogue by art professionals and members of the public.] [The Great British Coastline Art Tour: Hampshire - Hayling Island to Barton on Sea]
Art UK Curations 2 [Themed groups of works selected from the Art UK online catalogue by art professionals and members of the public.] [Artists and places: Richard Eurich in Dorset and Hampshire | curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets, Art UK]