Wartime
This set gathers together Richard's commissioned work for the Admiralty, war pictures he did independently and some drawings and paintings done as a young teenager in WW1. Little did Richard imagine then that he would be an official war artist in the next world shattering conflict.
The WW2 works not only include images of conflict and fighting but also other aspects of war such as harrowing portraits of imagined inmates of prison camps, and an image of a remote bombed-out house perched near the sea, with its immaculate vegetable patch still intact: destruction and creation side by side.
From Dachau (1942)
oil on panel - 27.5h × 18w (cm)
There are no words to express what this man has seen and experienced. Humanity has been reduced to its lowest level and life will never be the same again.
Barrage Balloons (1940)
oil on panel - 21.2h × 62.5w (cm)
An example of one of Richard’s panorama pictures. The light of the setting sun gives a warm glow to the scene at Hythe where the hangar is painted in camouflage colours. On the other side of the water Southampton docks can be seen with all its activity.
Sinking Ship in Flames (1915)
watercolour on paper
This WW1 picture was done when Richard was at boarding school. He entertained the other boys with his graphic illustrations of wartime events. By capturing their interest he found that they forgot he was half German.
Troops at Balliol, Second World War (1947)
oil on canvas - 89.8h × 165.1w (cm)
Camouflaged Ship in Dock (1946)
oil on canvas - 40h × 50w (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)
Mulberry - The Prefabricated Harbour Assembled, Selsey Bill (1944)
oil on canvas - 37.4h × 81.9w (cm)
D-Day, Reconstruction - Beach Landing (1944)
oil on panel - 102h × 228.5w (cm)
Fortresses over Southampton Water (1944)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.9w (cm)
HMS Vanquisher (1944)
- 35.6h × 61w (cm)
D-Day, Reconstruction - Battleships at Sea (1944)
oil on panel - 102h × 77w (cm)
D-Day, Reconstruction - Bombed Cathedral (1944)
oil on panel - 102h × 77w (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)
HMS Cattistock (c1944)
- 38h × 45.7w (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)
Light Coastal Forces Blow Up An Enemy Merchantman (1943)
oil on canvas - 76h × 101.3w (cm)
The Landing at Dieppe, 19th August 1942 (March 1942)
oil on panel - 121.9h × 175.3w (cm)
A Destroyer Rescuing Survivors (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.9w (cm)
Night Raid on Portsmouth Docks, 1941 (1942)
oil on canvas - 78.7h × 127w (cm)
HMS Resolution, Portsmouth (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.9h × 35.5w (cm)
Portsmouth (1942)
pencil on paper - 26h × 20.3w (cm)
Survivors from a Torpedoed Ship (1942)
oil on canvas - 35.6h × 61w (cm)
Warship (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.6h × 35.6w (cm)
Warship (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.6h × 35.6w (cm)
Arrival of HMS Resolution (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.9h × 35.5w (cm)
HMS Resolution, Portsmouth (1942)
pencil on paper - 20.3h × 35.6w (cm)
Warship (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.6h × 35.6w (cm)
HMS 'Revenge' Leaving Harbour (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
The Raid on the Bruneval Radio Location Station, 27-28 February 1942 (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.9w (cm)
Refugee (1942)
oil on canvas - 20h × 15w (cm)
The Docks (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.6h × 35.6w (cm)
Naval Light Forces Going into Action (1942)
oil on canvas - 33h × 76w (cm)
Trawler Against Heinkel (1941)
oil on ? - 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
Destroyer and Minesweeper (1941)
oil on ? - 35.6h × 60.7w (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)
Portland Bill, 1940 (1941)
oil on canvas laid on board - 31h × 48w (cm)
Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940 (1941)
oil on canvas - 101.8h × 152.5w (cm)
Rescue of the Only Survivor of a Torpedoed Merchant Ship (1941)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
Attack on a Convoy Seen from the Air (1941)
oil on canvas - 76h × 101.4w (cm)
A Motor Boat of the British Power Boat Company, Hythe (1941)
oil on canvas - 68.5h × 81.5w (cm)
HMS Resolution Returning to Portsmouth (1941)
oil on ? - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
Night Attack Over Southampton Water (1941)
oil on ? - 33h × 60.7w (cm)
A Destroyer Escort in Attack (1941)
oil on canvas - 50.5h × 101.5w (cm)
The Boats Were Machine-Gunned (1941)
oil on canvas - 76.6h × 101.6w (cm)
The British Power Boat Company (1941)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
Whitby (1940)
pencil on paper - 20.3h × 21.9w (cm)
Warship (1940)
pencil on paper - 21.6h × 35.6w (cm)
Robin Hood's Bay in Wartime (1940)
oil on canvas - 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
Dunkirk Beaches (1940)
oil on cardboard - 22.8h × 45.7w (cm)
Whitby in Wartime (1940)
oil on canvas - 63.5h × 76w (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)
Study for Dunkirk Beaches (c1940)
- 30.5h × 35.6w (cm)
Continental Port (1939)
oil on canvas - 101.5h × 127w (cm)
Searchlights (1916)
watercolour and ink on paper
Searching for a Target (1916)
watercolour and ink on paper
Troops on Parade (c1915)
pen and ink on paper
Planes over the Fleet (c1915)
pen and ink on paper
Air Attack (c1915)
pen and ink on paper
Sinking Ship and Survivors (1915)
watercolour and ink on paper
Battleship and Submarine (1915)
watercolour on paper - 9h × 12.5w (cm)
Zeppelin and Sinking Ship (1915)
watercolour and ink on paper
The Last of the Emden (1914)
pencil on paper
Ship on Fire (1914)
watercolour on paper
At Germany (1912)
pencil on paper