© Imperial War Museum
Fortresses over Southampton Water
1944
oil on canvas
76.2h x 101.9w (cm)
Narrative
Official War Artist
Wartime
Landscapes | Gardens
Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports
Birds Eye View
Colour
Commissioned Works
The Art of Richard Eurich
- RE diary entry - REP1st January 1944: Painting ‘Fortresses over Southampton’ (30x40)
31st March 1944: To London with ‘Bombardment of Salerno’, ‘Fortresses over Southampton’, to Admiralty. ‘Night Raid on Portsmouth’ to the RA. Tried to find frame for ‘Cecilie’
Provenance & Events
References:
Archive
- "Art UK"; [artuk.org]
Reviews
- "Art with Wings"; by Amy Sargeant, Pub. Cassone [Online Review]
- "Art of World War II; A Culture Show Special to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain"; broadcast May 2020: BBC4 TV
Catalogues
- "Flight and the Artistic Imagination"; by Sam Smiles, Pub. Paul Holberton Publishing [illustrated]
Collections
- "Imperial War Museum"; [link]
- "Art UK Stories"; [The unexpected poetry of Richard Eurich's paintings]
Other
- "King & McGraw"
- "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]
Books
- "The Art of Richard Eurich"; Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727 [fig 47, pg 67]
