Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports
Harbours and ports feature mainly in the early part of Richard’s career, but the ships, boats and other craft are a subject throughout. He spent the winter months of 1932/3 in Lyme Regis working towards his first exhibition of paintings at the Redfern Gallery titled 'Dorset Seaports'. This followed the show at the Goupil in 1929 which consisted solely of drawings. He loved the working ports and the atmosphere of camaraderie among the men concentrating on their tasks, as well as the beauty of the ships themselves.
The Wreck of the Herzogin Cecilie (1944)
oil on canvas - 74h x 100w (cm)
Fortresses over Southampton Water (1944)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 101.9w (cm)
HMS Vanquisher (1944)
- 35.6h x 61w (cm)
D-Day, Reconstruction - Battleships at Sea (1944)
oil on panel - 102h x 77w (cm)
Mulberry Harbour, Selsey Bill (1944)
pencil on paper - 49h x 35.5w (cm)
Midget Submarine Attack on the 'Tirpitz', 22 September 1943 (1944)
oil on mahogany panel - 40.6h x 106.7w (cm)
HMS Cattistock (c1944)
- 38h x 45.7w (cm)
Inner Harbour (c1944)
oil on board - 10.5h x 27w (cm)
Bombardment of the coast near Trapani (1943)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 127w (cm)
The Great Convoy to North Africa, November 1942 (1943)
oil on canvas - 76h x 127w (cm)
Fisherman Landing Coble (1943)
- 25.4h x 35.6w (cm)
The Great Convoy to North Africa (1943)
oil on panel - 36.8h x 127w (cm)
Light Coastal Forces Blow Up An Enemy Merchantman (1943)
oil on canvas - 76h x 101.3w (cm)
Boatbuilder’s Shed (c1943)
- 51h x 61w (cm)
The Hammock - with acknowledgements to Wadsworth (c1943)
oil on gesso on (plywood) panel - 25h x 35w (cm)
The Landing at Dieppe, 19th August 1942 (March 1942)
oil on panel - 121.9h x 175.3w (cm)
A Destroyer Rescuing Survivors (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 101.9w (cm)
Night Raid on Portsmouth Docks, 1941 (1942)
oil on canvas - 78.7h x 127w (cm)