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The Lepe Years...

1980 to 1990

1980

Solo show on tour: Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition - The Fine Art Society, Glasgow

Solo show on tour: Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition - The Fine Art Society, Glasgow

Solo show on tour: Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition - Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton

1982

Vivien Cutting, Mavis's closest friend, drowns while swimming at Lepe Beach.

After Vivien's death Richard and Mavis visited Lepe Beach much less for a while and took to walking over the heathland and through the woods of the New Forest. Richard's work reflects this with more paintings of trees and woodland.

1984

Awarded the OBE.

Richard and Mavis celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. He said in a letter to his sister Margaret

Our Golden Wedding went off quite well. We did not look forward to it, but fortunately the weather was good and we entertained the neighbours in the garden.

 

1989

Awarded an Hon. D Litt by Bradford University.

1991

Group exhibition on tour: The Discerning Eye - The Federation Of British Artists - Williamson Gallery, Birkenhead

Spreading the Word

1992 to 2002

After Richard died his dealers The Fine Art Society continued to show and sell his work. They put on a number of exhibitions themselves and acted as advisers to others.  Over the years there have in fact been a steady stream of Eurichs shown in exhibitions large and small put on by many galleries. Two were major retrospectives, The Edge of all the Land, in 1994 in Southampton, Bradford and Ipswich, and the centenary show Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist in 2003 in Southampton, Bournemouth and London.

Over time, especially after Richard's wife Mavis died in 1996, Richard's daughters Caroline and Philippa, advised by friends and other Eurich enthusiasts, became increasingly involved in managing and promoting Richard's legacy and took on the work of dealing with the estate collection.

In 2001 they commissioned Richard's grandson Rufus Biggs, to design and manage an official website. It was much admired and was a key factor in the name of Richard Eurich becoming better known. A little while after, they responded to a friend's suggestion that there should be a centenary exhibition and supported the intiative of Professor Edward Chaney and MA student Christine Clearkin to bring together the Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist exhibition and book.

This led later to Christine Clearkin's massive project to build a catalogue raisonné, which in turn, when it seemed impossible to get it published, led them to commission Lund Humphries to publish a critical monograph by Andrew Lambirth The Art of Richard Eurich and support Philippa's son Daniel and her partner Paul to modernize the website and create an online version of Christine's catalogue. They have also fairly recently appointed Waterhouse & Dodd  to represent the estate.

Margery Clarke of The First Gallery, a long time promoter of Richard Eurich and his photographer son Crispin, urged Caroline and Philippa to propose a Eurich family exhibition at Southampton City Art Gallery. They did and it was accepted. Covid 19 has delayed plans for this.

It all helps to spread the word about Richard's respected place in modern British painting. 

See more about these topics on the "About the website and catalogue" page [not live yet].

 

1992

Died aged 89.

My father was cremated but my mother was buried in Dibden churchyard. There is a stone commemorating them both there. It is a bit of stone hewn from a quarry on the Isle of Purbeck. The churchyard is fairly high up with a view across the Water to Southampton (though the trees have been growing, as they do, and obscuring the view). The old church itself has been rebuilt as it was one of the first casualties of WW2 bombing.

Philippa Bambach in response to a question sent via the website

1994

Solo show on tour: The Edge of all the Land: Richard Eurich 1903-1992 - Manchester City Art Gallery

Solo show on tour: The Edge of all the Land: Richard Eurich 1903-1992 - Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich

1996

Richard's wife Mavis died.

2001

The official Richard Eurich website, designed by his grandson Rufus Biggs, was launched.

2002

MA student Christine Clearkin submitted her dissertation titled ‘Richard Eurich, O.B.E., R.A. and the Reception of his Work’. The dissertation formed part of her MA in Fine Arts Valuation assessment at Southampton Solent University, Southampton. The dissertation is lodged with The Nottingham Trent University. 

The dissertation became the basis of her biographical essay in 'Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist', the book and catalogue for the 2003 centenary exhibition at the Millais Gallery in Southampton.

2003

Solo show: Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist - Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth

Solo show: Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist - The Fine Art Society, London
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