Animals | Birds
Richard always had a childlike delight in animals. Early on, he and his siblings always kept pet animals. He was moved by the loveliness of the creatures but also found comfort and humour in them.
Last Look at the Sea (1992)
oil on board - 44h × 59w (cm)
This poignant picture was painted in the last weeks of Richard's life. The mute presence of a dog doesn't disturb the solitariness of the figure.
Tigers (1948)
oil on panel - 30.5h × 40.5w (cm)
These are not the noble, fierce animals that Blake may have envisaged. They are slinking and suspicious and possibly irritable creatures, their colours harmonising with their environment.
Grock, a Dalmatian Dog (1943)
oil on canvas - 22.7h × 37.4w (cm)
Grock was named after a famous Swiss clown. This dog was quite a character, a special presence in the family, and there are a couple of funny stories about him. [PB]
The Cat and Mouse (1929)
pencil on paper - 38.1h × 27.9w (cm)
This drawing shows a quaint harbour town on this side of the river while the other side is totally industrial. But the title of the picture draws attention to a tiny cat pursuing an even tinier mouse along the street. They have caught the attention of two men, one in the foreground and the other dodging through a distant archway. A very strange raked perspective.
The Dog (1990)
oil on board - 18.5h × 27.5w (cm)
Girl with Dogs (1990)
oil on board - 25.5h × 46w (cm)
Scottie and Friends on the Beach (1990)
oil on board - 45.7h × 60.7w (cm)
Silhouetted Figures on Beach with Dog (c1990)
oil on board - 7.4h × 15w (cm)
Water's Edge (1989)
oil on board - 30.5h × 61w (cm)
Girl with Seaweed (1989)
oil on board - 45.7h × 60.9w (cm)
The Black Dog (1989)
oil on board - 78h × 74w (cm)
Cowes Regatta (1989)
oil on board - 18h × 76w (cm)
The Watcher (1989)
oil on board - 44.5h × 61w (cm)
Beach Scene (1989)
oil on board - 44.5h × 60w (cm)
Gulls (1989)
oil on board - 47h × 60w (cm)
Flight of Birds over the Sea (1988)
oil on board - 48.3h × 71.1w (cm)
Brent Geese and Gulls (1988)
oil on board - 29h × 42w (cm)
Figures and Dog on a Beach (1987)
pencil on paper - 39h × 55w (cm)
Solitary Figure and Bird (1987)
oil on board - 50.5h × 66.5w (cm)
Ponies in the Snow (1987)
oil on board - 40.6h × 61w (cm)
Early Morning, Lepe (1987)
oil on board - 41.9h × 61w (cm)
Winter Solent (1987)
oil on board - 38h × 61w (cm)
Summer Garb (1986)
oil on board - 31h × 46w (cm)
Grimalde (1986)
oil on board - 18h × 27.5w (cm)
Brent Geese and Gulls (1986)
- 61h × 76.2w (cm)
Busy Shore (1986)
oil on board - 40h × 43w (cm)
Brent Geese (1986)
oil on board - 27.5h × 33.5w (cm)
The Bathers (1986)
oil on board - 10h × 33.5w (cm)
Windsurfer (1986)
oil on board - 36.2h × 50.2w (cm)
The Seagull (1985)
oil on board - 15.2h × 15.3w (cm)
Boy With a Kite (1985)
oil on board - 58h × 78w (cm)
No.24 Seaweed Beach (1985)
oil on board - 48.3h × 68.6w (cm)
Sea Study (1985)
oil on board - 13h × 29w (cm)
Trying to Close the Brolly (1985)
oil on board - 21h × 14.5w (cm)
Marine Sun (1985)
pencil and watercolour on gesso board - 14h × 31w (cm)
The Black Dog (1985)
oil on board - 51.5h × 80.5w (cm)
Dead Seagull and Windsurfer (1985)
oil on board - 67h × 100w (cm)
Man and Dog on Beach (1985)
oil on board - 23h × 30.1w (cm)
The Black Cat (1984)
oil on board - 29h × 22w (cm)
Stampede (1984)
pencil and wash on paper - 28h × 61w (cm)
Lady, Cat and Breakfast (1983)
oil on board - 33h × 18w (cm)
The Black Cat (1983)
oil on board - 30h × 25w (cm)
Ragworms (1982)
oil on board - 20h × 26w (cm)
Boy with Cat (1981)
oil on board - 11.6h × 11w (cm)
The Butterfly (1980)
- 15.2h × 25.4w (cm)
Snow on the Grazing Strip (1979)
oil on board - 12.5h × 36w (cm)
Two Girls Trying to Catch a Dog (1979)
oil on board - 18.5h × 31.5w (cm)
Sail, Dog, Man (1979)
oil on canvas laid on panel - 12.7h × 40.6w (cm)
Sunrise, Frosty Morning (1979)
oil on board - 21h × 28w (cm)
Solent (1978)
watercolour on paper - 21h × 37w (cm)
The Cormorant (1978)
oil on board - 26h × 61w (cm)
The Burning Tree, Studley Royal (1977)
oil on board - 30.5h × 45.7w (cm)
Flight of Gulls, Farne (1975)
- 33h × 43.2w (cm)
Dog and Figures on Beach (1975)
oil on board - 25.4h × 30.5w (cm)
The Seals of Farne (1974)
oil on board - 20h × 48w (cm)
Snow Shower over Skyreholme (1973)
oil on board - 45.7h × 61w (cm)
A Beach (1973)
oil on board - 54.5h × 105w (cm)
The Epiphany (1973)
oil on board - 46h × 61w (cm)
Passing Storm (1972)
oil on board - 13.3h × 35.4w (cm)
Girl with a Cat (c1972)
oil on board - 30h × 22.5w (cm)
Fragment (1971)
oil on board - 15.2h × 61w (cm)
Farne (c1971)
oil on board - 25.4h × 38w (cm)
Nudes on Beach (1969)
oil on board - 24h × 57w (cm)
Lady with Dog, Shipping in the Solent (1969)
oil on board - 25.5h × 46w (cm)
Fog Clearing at Lepe (1968)
oil on canvas - 25h × 61w (cm)
Landscape with uprooted trees and hares (1968)
oil on board - 40h × 74w (cm)
Isle of Wight, New Forest (1967)
oil on board - 34h × 54.5w (cm)
Good Friday (1966)
- 35.6h × 47w (cm)
Calf of Man, Isle of Man (1965)
tempera on board - 34h × 52w (cm)
Farne Island, Northumberland (1965)
- 33h × 51w (cm)
Landscape with Cows (1965)
oil on board - 32h × 40w (cm)
Beach Scene, Isle of Wight (1965)
oil on board - 29.2h × 62.2w (cm)
Evening, Farne (1964)
oil on board - 25h × 36w (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)
Near Seaview, Isle of Wight (1962)
oil on board - 22h × 61w (cm)
The Flooded Valley (1961)
oil on canvas - 51h × 61w (cm)
Caithness (1961)
oil on board - 31.5h × 41.5w (cm)
Huntingdon Through History (1960)
oil on board - 33.5h × 43w (cm)
Huntingdonshire (1960)
oil on board - 34.3h × 43.1w (cm)
Whitby, Study for a Mural in the Teaching Hospital, Sheffield (1960)
oil on board - 69h × 101w (cm)
Watermeadow (1960)
oil on board - 20.5h × 25.5w (cm)
The Return of the Prodigal Son (1959)
oil on canvas - 62h × 75w (cm)
Star (1959)
oil on board - 15h × 12w (cm)
Men of Straw (1957)
oil on panel - 50.8h × 101.6w (cm)
Landscape (1957)
oil on canvas - 40h × 50w (cm)
The Elephant Boy (1956)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.6w (cm)
Queen of the Sea, 1911 (1954)
oil on canvas - 122h × 182.8w (cm)
The Tortoiseshell Cat (1954)
- 60.7h × 35.6w (cm)
Landscape with Horses (c1954)
- 28.5h × 35w (cm)
Ancient Forest, the Vision of St Eustace (c1954)
oil on canvas - 51h × 61w (cm)
Coronation Procession - Admiralty Arch from Trafalgar Square (1953)
oil on canvas laid on board - 34.5h × 77w (cm)
Gay Lane (1952)
oil on canvas - 76h × 63.5w (cm)
Snow in a Wood (1952)
oil on board - 18h × 23.2w (cm)
The Bay (1952)
- 50.8h × 61w (cm)
The Donkey Boy (1951)
oil on canvas - 24.2h × 19.5w (cm)
Kirkham Abbey on the Derwent (1951)
- 76.2h × 127w (cm)
Sea-Piece and Lighthouse (1951)
oil on panel - 7h × 19w (cm)
The Mummers (1951)
oil on board - 21h × 15.9w (cm)
Rainbow and Pony, York (1951)
oil on canvasboard - 15.2h × 20.9w (cm)
Landscape (1951)
oil on board - 17h × 21w (cm)
Hot Day in the Village (1951)
oil on panel - 20.3h × 17.8w (cm)
Jonah and the Whale (1950)
- 50.5h × 76.2w (cm)
Sea View (1950)
oil on board - 43h × 58w (cm)
The White Horse, Kilburn, Yorkshire: after Rain (1950)
oil on canvas - 40.6h × 50.8w (cm)
Malham Cove (1950)
oil on board - 85h × 128w (cm)
The White Horse, Kilburn, Yorkshire (1949)
oil on canvas - 101.5h × 127w (cm)
Jonah and the Whale (1949)
oil on canvas - 50.8h × 61w (cm)
A Nativity (1949)
- 76.2h × 101.6w (cm)
The Watercourse, Gordale (1949)
oil on canvas - 102.6h × 102.3w (cm)
Strange Nativity (1948)
- 40.6h × 50.8w (cm)
Winter Landscape (1948)
- 51h × 61w (cm)
La Fête des Saintes Maries de la Mer (1948)
oil on canvas - 63.5h × 101w (cm)
Remembrance of Things Past (1947)
oil on canvas - 50.5h × 74.5w (cm)
Troops at Balliol, Second World War (1947)
oil on canvas - 89.8h × 165.1w (cm)
The Dreamer (1946)
oil on panel - 21h × 27.5w (cm)
The Bedroom (1945)
oil on board - 24.5h × 34.5w (cm)
The Leopard (1945)
oil on canvas laid on board - 20.5h × 31w (cm)
Country Ride (1945)
oil on card - 30.5h × 22.9w (cm)
Boy With Cat (1945)
oil on board - 20.3h × 25.5w (cm)
Donkeys (c1945)
- 20.3h × 27.9w (cm)
Garden Wall (c1945)
- 22.9h × 30.5w (cm)
Farmyard (c1945)
- 38h × 45.7w (cm)
Catching the Pony (c1945)
oil on canvas board - 24.5h × 34.5w (cm)
The Shadow, Eclipse of the Sun (c1944)
oil on canvas board - 25.1h × 30.9w (cm)
The Gentle Okapi (1943)
oil on card - 23.5h × 30w (cm)
Blackbird on Bird Table (1942)
oil on panel - 9.5h × 13w (cm)
Survivors from a Torpedoed Ship (1942)
oil on canvas - 35.6h × 61w (cm)
Man With a Hawk (1939)
oil on canvas on paper or board - 31.5h × 27w (cm)
The Bull (1938)
oil on canvas - 49h × 61w (cm)
Low Tide, Porthleven (1937)
oil on canvas - 50.4h × 178w (cm)
At the Quay (1936)
oil on panel - 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
Spring, New Forest (1935)
oil on canvas - 40h × 61w (cm)
Falcon, Decoration (c1934)
- 50.8h × 61w (cm)
Tunny Fishing, Whitby (1933)
oil on canvas - 63.5h × 76.5w (cm)
Circus Fragment (1932)
oil on canvas laid on board - 36.5h × 26.5w (cm)
Hunting Scene (c1930)
- 25.4h × 30.5w (cm)
Lady with a Bird (1929)
pencil on paper - 121.5h × 49.5w (cm)
Girl Sitting Up in Bed (1928)
pencil on paper - 28h × 33.3w (cm)
Young Man With a Horse (1928)
pencil on paper - 35.5h × 25.5w (cm)
Horse and Rider (1928)
pencil on paper
Nativity (c1928)
pencil on paper - 30h × 19w (cm)
The Great Viol (1927)
pencil on paper - 31.9h × 25.9w (cm)
The Cat (1927)
pen on paper - 20.3h × 10.2w (cm)
Nude Woman with Bird (1926)
oil on canvas - 25.1h × 20.1w (cm)
Sailors and Other Figures Carousing by a Quay (1925)
oil on canvas - 91.5h × 122w (cm)
Study of Butterflies, Feather and Beetle (1918)
watercolour and pencil on paper - 25.4h × 19.9w (cm)
Rabbit (1918)
oil on thin card - 15.3h × 23.3w (cm)
Rabbit and Guinea Pigs (1918)
watercolour on paper
Thatched Cottage and Fields (1915)
watercolour and pencil on paper