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

In Memoriam. Crispin

1982

oil on board

52.2h x 68.9w (cm)

Private Collection (UK)

Figures on a Beach

Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports

Seascapes | Coastal Scenes

Lepe Beach and The Solent

Recto: signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich. '82; inscribed lower right: In Memoriam. Crispin

Tags:

England

Figures on a Beach

Hampshire

Lepe Beach

Seascapes / Coastal Scenes

Ships / Boats / Harbours

The South

Themes

Subject

Beach

Sea

calm

camera

fishermen

fishing rods

low tide

men

mud flats

oil tanker

photographer

sail boat

shingle

Medium

Oil

RE's son, Crispin Eurich, was a successful freelance photographer. He died in 1976.

- REP

To me, this has always felt as if Dad added the supposed figure of Crispin to an already finished painting. Later, he painted another picture called The Photographer (1989) which (though still not looking like Crispin) has more of the feeling of what he was like. I can’t imagine he would ever have laid his camera down on the beach like that! What is particularly beautiful about this picture is the soft, airy colour of sea and sky and the juxtaposition of the vulnerable white sail and the dark tanker.

- REP / PB