Art work by Richard Eurich D.Litt. RA OBE (1903-1992) Catalogue Raisonnée: https://richardeurich.co.uk/. Contact: Philippa Bambach 07890 390633 — Photo: Paul Carter / REP

Broken Tree

1926

oil on canvas

34.4h x 39.2w (cm)

Darlington Borough Art Collection

Landscapes | Gardens

Trees | Woods | Forests

Sir Edward Marsh

Recto: signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich 1926

Verso: Darlington Public Art Gallery label inscribed: "Artist - EURICH (Richard) ; Title - Landscape; Presented: Oct. 1954; Donor: Contemporary Art Society (Sir Edward Marsh bequest)" and two other labels confirming the same details.

Alternatives:

Landscape [Darlington Art Gallery], [Bradford]

The Broken Tree [Bluecoat Gallery and RE sales diary]

Tags:

All Works in Public Collections

England

Ilkley

Landscapes / Gardens

Sets

The North

Themes

Trees / Woods

Yorkshire

Subject

Crown Street Art Gallery

Darlington Borough Art Collection

\Trees

poplar

public collection

Medium

Oil

This picture was painted in the garden of the Eurich home in Ilkley. It was the first of Richard's paintings to be bought by his patron Edward Marsh. Read about this encounter in Richard's autobiography here.

- REP

Also see The Tree (1921) below. We assume that both paintings are based on the same tree.

- REP

Provenance & Events

ACQUIRED • 1928

bought by Edward Marsh on his first visit to Richard's flat

For £5

BEQUEATHED • 1953

to the Contemporary Art Society by Sir Edward Marsh

GIFTED • October 1954

Darlington Borough Art Collection

by the Contemporary Art Society, Sir Edward Marsh Bequest; accession number 241

EXHIBITION • 5th May to 5th Jun 1976

"An Honest Patron - A Tribute to Sir Edward Marsh 1872 - 1953"

Bluecoat Gallery

SOLO SHOW • 25th Nov 1979 to 20th Jan 1980

"Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition"

Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries

Cat 2

References:

Other

"Interventions: Twentieth-Century Art Collection Schemes And Their Impact On Local Authority Art Gallery and Museum Collections of Twentieth-Century British Art In Britain - Volume 1"; Ph.D. thesis by Angela Summerfield, pub. City University, 2007