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

Dunkirk 1940

c1940

oil on board

26.6h x 35.5w (cm)

Private Collection (UK)

Figures on a Beach

Official War Artist

Birds Eye View

Bonfires | Flames | Smoke

Bicycles

Recto: signed and inscribed but not dated

Alternatives:

Dunkirk 1940, Dunkirk Beaches Sketch []

27h x 35w []

Tags:

Bicycles / Ladders

Birds Eye View

Bonfires / Flames / Smoke

Dunkirk

Figures on a Beach

France

Motifs

Official War Artist

Sets

Themes

Umbrellas / Hats

Subject

Sea

columns

dugout

explosions

guns

hat

helmet

lighthouses

marching

rifles

smoke

soldiers

troops

war artist

Medium

Oil

We know of five Richard Eurich works which depict the Dunkirk evacuation. See the others below.

- REP / PC

This is the painted sketch for RE's painting, Dunkirk Beach, May 1940. The final painting was bought from the 1941 Redfern Gallery exhibition by Vincent Massey, the first Canadian born Governor General of Canada. Massey bequeathed his painting to the National Gallery of Canada in 1946.
This sketch was bought by an unknown private collector from the 1943 Redfern Gallery exhibition. You can compare the sketch and the final painting below. There are five Richard Eurich works that we know of depicting the Dunkirk evacuation. See them all together by going to Dunkirk Beach, 1940.

- REP