Birds Eye View
When still in his teens, Richard created the sweep of Chesil Beach as viewed from an elevated position and in the mid 30s he painted Whitby from high above the sea. This useful tipping up of the earth’s surface served him well in the War (e.g. Air Fight over Portland) when he developed his uncanny ability to visualise a scene from an altered perspective. It serves to distribute detail more evenly and ‘democratises' the subject matter so it has equal weight, unlike the more usual perspective at ground level where near and far objects are very different sizes.
New Forest (1987)
oil on board - 42h × 82w (cm)
This is where Richard took the dog for a walk every day. But back in the studio he has made the terrain more hilly and gained more height to the perspective. [PB]
Harbour Entrance (1952)
oil on board - 41h × 61w (cm)
This is a wonderful feat of the imagination. It is extraordinary how many people and boats are out in such rough weather. The impasto of the paint on the waves contrasts with the most delicate of thinly painted lines.
Attack on a Convoy Seen from the Air (1941)
oil on canvas - 76h × 101.4w (cm)
Richard had never been in an aircraft but this airborne view feels true to life. The Needles on the west end of the Isle of Wight are visible so the event is near to his home in the New Forest. The delicacy of the detail belies the savagery of the attack.
Last of the Light (1992)
oil on board - 61h × 76w (cm)
Seascape (1991)
pencil on paper
Bay Watch (1989)
oil on board - 45h × 60w (cm)
The Canoe (1989)
oil on board - 45.7h × 61w (cm)
Breakwaters, Lepe (1989)
oil on board - 42h × 75w (cm)
Bait Diggers (1989)
oil on board - 29.5h × 60w (cm)
Storm, Torquay (1989)
oil on board - 47h × 62.2w (cm)
Flight of Birds over the Sea (1988)
oil on board - 48.3h × 71.1w (cm)
The Tug (1988)
oil on board - 24h × 35.5w (cm)
Mini Regatta (1988)
oil on board - 49.5h × 75w (cm)
The Balloon (1988)
oil on board - 28h × 40.5w (cm)
Low Tide (1988)
oil on board - 30.5h × 33.5w (cm)
River Wharfe, Ilkley (1988)
oil on board - 17.78h × 27.94w (cm)
Bait Digger (1987)
oil on board - 48.3h × 61w (cm)
The Rainbow (1987)
oil on board - 11.5h × 33.5w (cm)
Low Tide, Lepe (1987)
oil on board - 17h × 24w (cm)
Seascape and Lighthouse (1986)
oil on board - 29h × 76w (cm)
Beach No. I (1986)
- 12.1h × 30.5w (cm)
Busy Shore (1986)
oil on board - 40h × 43w (cm)
Beach No. III (1986)
oil on board - 28h × 33w (cm)
Beach No. II (1986)
oil on board - 11.4h × 32.4w (cm)
Windsurfer (1986)
oil on board - 36.2h × 50.2w (cm)
Low Tide (1985)
oil on board - 38h × 45w (cm)
Boy With a Kite (1985)
oil on board - 58h × 78w (cm)
Early Morning (1984)
oil on board - 92.7h × 122.4w (cm)
An Orchard (1984)
oil on board - 25.6h × 35.2w (cm)
Seabound (1984)
oil on board - 30h × 58w (cm)
Two Lighthouses (1984)
oil on board - 34.5h × 28.5w (cm)
The Balcony (1983)
oil on board - 62.5h × 75.5w (cm)
Windy Sky and Sea (1983)
oil on board - 41h × 61w (cm)
Nocturne (1983)
oil on board - 12.1h × 24.1w (cm)
The Tall Ships, Southampton (1982)
oil on board - 74h × 114w (cm)
Seascape, Misty Morning (1982)
oil on board - 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
The Wharfe at Bolton Abbey (1982)
oil on board - 40.6h × 60.7w (cm)
Autumn, New Forest (1981)
oil on board - 20h × 91w (cm)
The Bait Digger (1981)
oil on board - 20h × 21.6w (cm)
Beach Carnival (1981)
oil on board - 61h × 91.5w (cm)
Clutter of Cars (1981)
oil on board - 24h × 30w (cm)
Wrose Hill, Bradford (1981)
oil on board - 30h × 45w (cm)
Breakthrough, Chesil Beach (1981)
oil on ? - 33h × 60.7w (cm)
Break Through, Chesil Beach (1980)
oil on board - 51.2h × 86.2w (cm)
Passing Storm, Wharfedale (1980)
oil on board - 40.7h × 91.5w (cm)
Seascape (1980)
pencil on paper - 28h × 38w (cm)
Breakthrough, Chesil Beach Portland (1979)
oil on board - 26.5h × 33w (cm)
Yorkshire Landscape (1979)
oil on board - 10h × 18w (cm)
Low Tide, Beaulieu River (1979)
oil on board - 36h × 56w (cm)
Docks (1975)
oil on board - 35.5h × 60.8w (cm)
Seascape with Fort (1975)
watercolour on paper - 28h × 38w (cm)
Slate Quarries, North Wales (1975)
oil on board - 25.5h × 31w (cm)
Stormy Seascape (1975)
pencil and wash on paper on board - 28h × 48.5w (cm)
Hawksworth Moor (1975)
oil on board - 40.5h × 91.5w (cm)
The Coast Road (1975)
oil on board - 25.5h × 30.5w (cm)
Solent Angler (1975)
oil on canvas - 59h × 60w (cm)
Mouth of the Beaulieu River (1975)
pencil and wash on paper on board - 30h × 40w (cm)
P.Z.576 (1974)
oil on board - 63h × 75.5w (cm)
The Rescue (1974)
oil on board - 75h × 60.5w (cm)
Plymouth (1974)
oil on board - 34h × 59.5w (cm)
Buoy with Kite (1974)
oil on board - 39h × 76w (cm)
East Coast Gale (c1973)
oil on canvas - 30.5h × 76w (cm)
Staithes, Yorkshire (c1973)
oil on board - 17h × 24w (cm)
Tanker off Cowes (1972)
oil on panel - 33h × 35.5w (cm)
Village by the Sea (1970)
oil on canvas - 53.5h × 68.5w (cm)
Wreck and Landslip, Yorkshire Coast (1968)
oil on canvas - 41h × 61w (cm)
Isle of Wight, New Forest (1967)
oil on board - 34h × 54.5w (cm)
The Delectable Mountains, Penrith (1966)
oil on board - 69h × 119w (cm)
The Pond (1966)
oil on canvas - 76h × 101w (cm)
Yorkshire Landscape (1965)
oil on board - 30.5h × 41w (cm)
Calf of Man, Isle of Man (1965)
tempera on board - 34h × 52w (cm)
Solent, Beaulieu River (1965)
oil on canvas - 100h × 126w (cm)
Landscape with Cows (1965)
oil on board - 32h × 40w (cm)
Haworth, Yorkshire (1964)
oil on board - 27.94h × 35.56w (cm)
Anglesey (1963)
oil and tempera on board - 31.5h × 41.5w (cm)
Bowden Hill (1963)
oil on canvas - 51h × 76w (cm)
The Messenger (1962)
oil on board - 94.5h × 125w (cm)
Whitby, North Yorkshire, to Represent Sheffield on Holiday (1961)
oil on canvas - 304.8h × 426.7w (cm)
Chatsworth to Represent Sheffield at Play (1961)
oil on canvas - 304.8h × 426.7w (cm)
Old Yorkshire Quarry, Wharfedale (1961)
oil on canvas - 40.5h × 51w (cm)
The Flooded Valley (1961)
oil on canvas - 51h × 61w (cm)
Thunderstorm over London (1960)
oil on canvas - 40.5h × 101.5w (cm)
Whitby, Study for a Mural in the Teaching Hospital, Sheffield (1960)
oil on board - 69h × 101w (cm)
From Bolton Abbey to Barden Tower (1960)
oil on canvas - 81h × 117w (cm)
Chatsworth, Study for a Mural in the Teaching Hospital, Sheffield (1960)
oil on board - 67.3h × 100.3w (cm)
Early Morning, Lytham Sands (1960)
oil on board - 51h × 81w (cm)
Shipwreck (1959)
oil on canvas - 40.2h × 51w (cm)
Cornwall (1958)
oil on board - 33h × 42w (cm)
Passing Train (1958)
oil on canvas - 41h × 51w (cm)
Northern Landscape (1957)
oil on canvas - 102h × 128w (cm)
Landscape (1957)
oil on canvas - 40h × 50w (cm)
York Festival Triptych (1956)
oil on canvas - 130.8h × 196.2w (cm)
Flood Water (May 1954)
oil on canvas - 89h × 130w (cm)
Queen of the Sea, 1911 (1954)
oil on canvas - 122h × 182.8w (cm)
The Mariner's Return (1953)
oil on canvas - 63.5h × 76w (cm)
Trawler Ashore (1950)
oil on canvas - 70h × 90w (cm)
The Ferryboat 'Charon' (1950)
oil on canvas - 74h × 98w (cm)
Seascape with a Train (1950)
oil on canvas - 73.5h × 97.5w (cm)
Corfe Castle (1949)
pencil on paper - 20h × 28w (cm)
The Return (1948)
oil on canvas - 51h × 61w (cm)
Freedom of the City of Westminster Given to Winston Churchill (1946)
oil on canvas - 85h × 112w (cm)
Winter Seascape (1946)
oil on canvas - 61h × 86.4w (cm)
Portland dockyard 19th May 1945 U-Boats 249, 1023 and 776 (1945)
pencil on paper - 29.4h × 40.4w (cm)
Preparations for D-Day (1944)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
The Wreck of the Herzogin Cecilie (1944)
oil on canvas - 74h × 100w (cm)
Fortresses over Southampton Water (1944)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.9w (cm)
Mulberry Harbour, Selsey Bill (1944)
pencil on paper - 49h × 35.5w (cm)
Midget Submarine Attack on the 'Tirpitz', 22 September 1943 (1944)
oil on mahogany panel - 40.6h × 106.7w (cm)
Bombardment of the coast near Trapani (1943)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
The Great Convoy to North Africa, November 1942 (1943)
oil on canvas - 76h × 127w (cm)
The Great Convoy to North Africa (1943)
oil on panel - 36.8h × 127w (cm)
The Landing at Dieppe, 19th August 1942 (March 1942)
oil on panel - 121.9h × 175.3w (cm)
Night Raid on Portsmouth Docks, 1941 (1942)
oil on canvas - 78.7h × 127w (cm)
Warship (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.6h × 35.6w (cm)
HMS 'Revenge' Leaving Harbour (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
Portsmouth (1942)
pencil on paper - 21h × 35.5w (cm)
The Docks (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.6h × 35.6w (cm)
A Ship's Boat at Sea (1941)
oil on canvas - 35.6h × 62.2w (cm)
Raid on Vaagso, Norway, 26 - 27 December 1941 (1941)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940 (1941)
oil on canvas - 101.8h × 152.5w (cm)
HMS Resolution Returning to Portsmouth (1941)
oil on ? - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
The Boats Were Machine-Gunned (1941)
oil on canvas - 76.6h × 101.6w (cm)
Dunkirk Beaches (1940)
oil on cardboard - 22.8h × 45.7w (cm)
Dunkirk Beach, 1940 (1940)
oil on board - 28h × 50.8w (cm)
Air Fight over Portland (1940)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.9w (cm)
Withdrawal from Dunkirk, June 1940 (1940)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.6w (cm)
Dunkirk 1940 (c1940)
oil on board - 26.6h × 35.5w (cm)
Antwerp (1939)
oil on canvas - 101.6h × 127w (cm)
Southampton (1938)
- 45.7h × 127w (cm)
Staithes, Yorkshire (1938)
oil on canvas - 76h × 101.3w (cm)
Chesil Beach from Portland (1936)
oil on canvas, pasted to board - 49.5h × 60w (cm)
Durgan, Helford River (1935)
oil on canvas - 51h × 61w (cm)
Coverack (c1935)
oil on ? - 40.6h × 50.8w (cm)
Heavy Weather (1934)
oil on board - 25h × 36.5w (cm)
Lulworth Cove (1934)
oil on canvas - 36h × 51w (cm)
Out of Port (1933)
oil on board - 38h × 48w (cm)
Lyme (1933)
oil on canvas - 31h × 61w (cm)
Lyme Regis (1932)
watercolour on paper - 19h × 28.5w (cm)
The Cobb and Golden Cap, Lyme Regis (1930)
oil on panel - 22.5h × 33w (cm)
Reservoir, Ilkley (1930)
pencil on paper - 17h × 26w (cm)
The Cat and Mouse (1929)
pencil on paper - 38.1h × 27.9w (cm)
Ingleborough (Yorkshire) (1923)
watercolour on paper - 13h × 24.5w (cm)
Weymouth Bay (1922)
watercolour on paper
Troops on Parade (c1915)
pen and ink on paper
Planes over the Fleet (c1915)
pen and ink on paper
Sinking Ship and Survivors (1915)
watercolour and ink on paper