Photo: Todd-White Art Photography / Birmingham Museums Trust
© Birmingham Museums Trust
A Destroyer Escort in Attack
1941
oil on canvas
50.5h x 101.5w (cm)
Official War Artist
Wartime
Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports
Seascapes | Coastal Scenes
Panoramas
Bonfires | Flames | Smoke
Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist
- Christine Clearkin from ‘Richard Eurich, Visionary Artist’ 2003Eurich has used a cinematic-style action shot to capture the speed and urgency of the destroyers, with the foreground vessel moving out of frame to the right and another entering from the left.
Provenance & Events
References:
Books
- "Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist"; Edward Chaney and Christine Clearkin (contributions by James Hyman, David McCann and Peyton Skipwith), pub. 2003: Paul Holberton Publishing, ISBN 1903470110 [Cat 27, illustrated but not exhibited]
Archive
- "Art UK"; [artuk.org]
Other
- "Bridgeman Images"; [view image]
- "Art UK Curations 3"; [Artists and wartime places: Richard Eurich | curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets, Art UK]
