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

Dunkirk

1939

oil on canvas

51h x 61w (cm)

Private Collection (UK)

Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports

Bonfires | Flames | Smoke

Recto: signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich ’39

Verso: Redfern Gallery label dated April 22, 1943 inscribed with title Dunkirk

Alternatives:

Dunkirk Harbour [Redfern]

50h x 60w []

Tags:

Bonfires / Flames / Smoke

Dunkerque

Dunkirk

France

Motifs

Ships / Boats / Harbours

Themes

Weather / Storm / Wind / Rain / Snow

Subject

choppy

crane

dock

docks

harbour

large waves

lighthouses

markers

masted ship

old and new

rough

ship

smoke

steamer

steamship

stormy

tall ship

tugs tug boat

windy

Medium

Oil

RE comments that he has the sailing ship coming into port and the new one going out, as a symbol of the times, repeated in another 1939 painting of Dunkirk, "Continental Port', but using a warship in that one.

- REP

Provenance & Events

SOLO SHOW • 12th Mar to 5th Apr 1941

"Richard Eurich"

Redfern Gallery

Cat 6

Priced at GNS35

EXHIBITION • 8th Apr to 1st May 1943

"Richard Eurich, A.R.A., Wenceslaus Hollar, Durer & Rembrandt. French Paintings"

Redfern Gallery

Cat 20

Priced at GNS35

ACQUIRED • 1943

bought by H Bligh from the Redfern

SOLO SHOW • 1st Jun to 26th Aug 1951

"RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTINGS by RICHARD EURICH, A.R.A."

City of Bradford Art Gallery, Cartwright Hall

Cat 48; lent by HW Bligh

GIFTED • [date unknown]

Private Collection (UK)

to a member of the family

Related Works

Round the Point (1931)

Continental Port (1939)

Minesweeper off Portland (1935)

Withdrawal from Dunkirk, June 1940 (1940)