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

La Fête des Saintes Maries de la Mer

1948

oil on canvas

63.5h x 101w (cm)

Historical and Biblical References

Narrative

Gatherings | Crowds | Festivities

RA Summer Exhibitions

Recto: signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich 1948

Alternatives:

La Fete des Saintes Marie de la Mer [Fine Art Society]

La Fete des Saintes Marie [Redfern []

and RA] []

Fete des Saintes Marie de la Mer [Southampton], and Les Fetes des Saintes [Sotheby’s]

Tags:

Animals / Birds

Carmargue

Figures on a Beach

France

Gatherings / Festivities

Historical / Biblical References

Motifs

Narrative

Night

Problem Pictures

Saintes Marie de la Mer

Sets

Themes

Umbrellas / Hats

Subject

Figures

Flowers

Gitan Pilgrimage

Sea

animals

balloons

beached boats

bigtop

boats ships

carrying

cartwheel

carvavan

chidlren

churches

circus

crowd

festival

fishermen

fishing

flags

group

gypsy festival

horses

lances

men

paddling

priest

tent

tents

traditions festivities gatherings

wading

women woman female

Medium

Oil

Provenance & Events

SOLO SHOW • 8th Mar to 2nd Apr 1949

"Richard Eurich, Walter Goetz, Frances Richards"

Redfern Gallery

Cat 22

EXHIBITION • 30th Apr to 7th Aug 1949

"Summer Exhibition 1949"

Royal Academy of Arts

Cat 702

ACQUIRED • 1949

bought by A Whitworth from the RA

For £150

AUCTION • 12th Oct 1988

"[title unknown]"

Sotheby's

lot 214, illustrated

SOLO SHOW • 14th Oct to 8th Nov 1991

"Richard Eurich: Paintings Since the War"

The Fine Art Society

Cat 3

IN COLLECTION • 1994

private collection, USA

SOLO SHOW • 28th Jan to 13th Mar 1994

"The Edge of all the Land: Richard Eurich 1903-1992"

Southampton City Art Gallery

Cat 42, illustrated

References:

Catalogues

"Edge of All the Land” Southampton (1994)"; Southampton City Art Gallery / Nicholas Usherwood. [Figure 42]

Reviews

"An eye for detail"; by Frances Spalding, pub. The Independent Magazine, 26 March 1994 [pp28-29]

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Queen of the Sea, 1911 (1954)

York Festival Triptych (1956)

A Nativity (1949)

Marine Harvest (1949)