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Air Fight over Portland
1940
oil on canvas
76.2h x 101.9w (cm)
Narrative
Official War Artist
Wartime
Landscapes | Gardens
Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports
Seascapes | Coastal Scenes
Birds Eye View
Bonfires | Flames | Smoke
Commissioned Works
The Art of Richard Eurich
- REP / PCThere are two versions of this painting, the larger "Air Fight over Portland" (1940) in the Imperial War Museum and Portland Bill, 1940 (1941) in the Royal Air Force collection.
Provenance & Events
References:
Books
- "William Rothenstein & Richard Eurich - WAR ARTISTS"; Colin Neville, Not Just Hockney, 2021 [pg 14]
- "The Art of Richard Eurich"; Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727 [fig 38, pg 55]
- "War Pictures by British Artists - War at Sea"; Sir Herbert Richmond [Introduction], pub. Oxford University Press, 1942 [Plate 4]
- "The Good Fight: Battle of Britain Propaganda and The Few"; by G. Campion, Pub. Palgrave Macmillan; 2009th edition (20 Nov. 2008), 0230279961, 978-0230279964 [Reference page 219]
- "The Air War in Paintings"; by Suzanne Bardgett, pub. Imperial War Museum (IWM), ISBN978-1-912423-75-0, 2024 [News item]
Collections
- "Imperial War Museum"; [IWM reference page]
- "Art UK Stories"; [The unexpected poetry of Richard Eurich's paintings]
Reviews
- "Illustrated London News"; [date unknown.]
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]
- "Art UK Curations 2"; [Artists and places: Richard Eurich in Dorset and Hampshire | curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets, Art UK]
Catalogues
- "RICHARD EURICH, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition"; by Caroline Krzesinska, pub. Bradford Art Galleries and Museums 1979 [p27]
Archive
- "Art UK"; [artuk.org]
Related Works
Portland Bill, 1940 (1941)
Another version of the air fight in the Royal Air Force collection
