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

Fog Bank, Whitby

1934

oil on canvas

50.8h x 76.2w (cm)

Private Collection (UK)

Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports

Bonfires | Flames | Smoke

Ladders

The Art of Richard Eurich

Recto: signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich 1934

Verso: signed and title inscribed on the artist’s label attached to the stretcher, and another label inscribed " I leave this picture to Carol-Ann Taylor. Barbera G. Murrell"

Alternatives:

Fog Bank off Whitby [Redfern]

possibly the same as Approaching Fog, Whitby [Redfern]

51h x 76w [REP]

Tags:

Bicycles / Ladders

Bonfires / Flames / Smoke

England

Motifs

Ships / Boats / Harbours

The North

Themes

Whitby

Yorkshire

Subject

Sea

boardwalk

breakwater

brown sail

dinghy

fishing nets

fog bank

foggy

harbour

jetty

ladder

lighthouses

pier

rowing boat

steamship

tide marker

Medium

Oil

Provenance & Events

SOLO SHOW • 28th Feb to 30th Mar 1935

"Richard Eurich"

Redfern Gallery

Cat 29

Priced at GNS25

EXHIBITION • 1936

"Spring Exhibition"

Ferens Art Gallery

cat 27

SOLO SHOW • 8th to 31st Oct 1936

"Recent Paintings by Richard Eurich"

Redfern Gallery

Cat 24; shown as 'Approaching Fog, Whitby'

Priced at GNS30

ACQUIRED • 1936

bought by Miss Howell from the Redfern Gallery

For £20

IN COLLECTION • [date unknown]

Barbara G Murrell

GIFTED • [date unknown]

by Barbera G Murrell to Carol-Ann Taylor

AUCTION • 16th Nov 2007

"20th Century British Art"

Christie’s

lot 44, illustrated

Sold for £23,300

IN COLLECTION • 2015

Private Collection (UK)

References:

Books

"The Art of Richard Eurich"; Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727 [fig 25, pg 40]

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Whitby, Yorkshire (1934)

Coast Scene with Rainbow (1953)

Queen of the Sea, 1911 (1954)

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The Whitby Lights (1962)

Pierrot and Fisherman (1975)

A Moment of Sadness (1981)