View through a Window or Door
Many of Richard’s pictures have an extra dimension where we look from what is immediately in front of us through to another room or world. This is something he picked up from Renaissance paintings, before landscape was accepted as a subject in itself. Equally a window can frame someone leaning out or hint at someone doing something inside a building.
The Yellow Lamp (1985)
oil on board - 40.8h × 45.8w (cm)
The ‘ordinary’ scene of the room with a boy sitting reading becomes transformed by the expanse of sea through the window. So simple and yet so difficult to achieve!
Sea View (1950)
oil on board - 43h × 58w (cm)
This charming picture appeals to all ages, but maybe children in particular. It was painted after the exhibitions in the ‘40s for children and schools. However, Richard’s elder daughter Caroline was now 8 years old and he had also made and painted a folding screen making a sort of room within her room covered in delightful scenery. This picture seems to be a jewel-like encapsulation of that.
The Great Viol (1927)
pencil on paper - 31.9h × 25.9w (cm)
This painstaking drawing was in Richard’s first exhibition in 1929. The tipped perspective leads straight through the room and up through a diminutive back door opening onto a garden with a figure approaching. This is very reminiscent of Renaissance art, and all the detail does not overwhelm the basic clear structure of the drawing.
Looking out to Sea from a Window (1990)
oil on board - 39h × 59w (cm)
Ill in Bed (1990)
oil on board - 12h × 28w (cm)
The Dining Table (1989)
oil on board - 11.5h × 30w (cm)
Nude by Window (c1989)
oil on board - 45h × 60.5w (cm)
The Visit (1988)
oil on board - 35.6h × 30.5w (cm)
Interior with Window (1983)
pencil on paper - 24h × 47w (cm)
Lady, Cat and Breakfast (1983)
oil on board - 33h × 18w (cm)
The Black Cat (1983)
oil on board - 30h × 25w (cm)
The Bathroom (1982)
oil on board - 40h × 61w (cm)
Death of an Astronomer (James Blackhall) (c1980)
oil on panel - 22.2h × 31w (cm)
Eddystone Light: Dusk (1974)
oil on board - 16.5h × 24.1w (cm)
Camberwell (1963)
oil on board - 26h × 21w (cm)
The Critics (1956)
oil on canvas - 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
York Festival Triptych (1956)
oil on canvas - 130.8h × 196.2w (cm)
Rouen (1956)
oil on canvas - 51h × 61w (cm)
The Window (1956)
oil on canvas - 63h × 76.5w (cm)
Queen of the Sea, 1911 (1954)
oil on canvas - 122h × 182.8w (cm)
The Pink Room (1954)
oil on canvas - 102h × 127w (cm)
Gay Lane (1952)
oil on canvas - 76h × 63.5w (cm)
The Mummers (1952)
oil on board - 88h × 92w (cm)
The Return (c1952)
- 30.5h × 50.8w (cm)
An Interior with a Bowl of Fruit (1951)
oil on board - 18.4h × 21w (cm)
The Mummers (1951)
oil on board - 21h × 15.9w (cm)
The Guy (1948)
oil on canvas - 61h × 51w (cm)
Garden Wall (c1945)
- 22.9h × 30.5w (cm)
Still Life, Lyme Regis (1933)
oil on canvas - 47.5h × 32.5w (cm)
The Club Room (1931)
tempera on canvas - 50h × 60w (cm)
The Singer (1930)
oil on canvas - 66h × 49.5w (cm)
The Clown (1930)
oil on panel - 32h × 25.5w (cm)
Girl by the Window (1930)
oil on canvas - 40.6h × 31w (cm)
Clowns at Practice (1929)
pencil on paper - 37.5h × 30.5w (cm)
Girl at a Window (1929)
pencil on paper - 25.4h × 20.32w (cm)
The New Dress (1929)
pencil on paper - 26.5h × 38w (cm)
Girl Sitting Up in Bed (1928)
pencil on paper - 28h × 33.3w (cm)
Mother and Daughter (1928)
pencil on paper - 48.7h × 30.1w (cm)