Art work by Richard Eurich D.Litt. RA OBE (1903-1992) Catalogue Raisonnée: https://richardeurich.co.uk/. Contact: Philippa Bambach 07890 390633 — Photo: courtesy Christie's 2019 Christie's Images Limited

Northern Town

1965

oil on board

25.5h x 33.3w (cm)

Night | Dusk

Towns | Town Life | Buildings

Colour

Recto: signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich 1965

Verso: inscribed: 'NORTHERN TOWN RICHARD EURICH 1965'

Alternatives:

25h x 38w [Dreweatt Neate]

23h x 31w [Woolley & Wallis]

25h x 33w [Christie's 1985]

Tags:

England

The North

Subject

bridges

buildiings

chimneys

city

dark sky

houses

industry

mills

strong colour

towns

trams

urban landscape

viaduct

Medium

Oil

" I have done several small paintings of Bradford, as I remember and dream about it. They have no topography. All those towns; Bradford, Huddersfield and Halifax, are, or were, superb. In fact, Wyndham Lewis called Halifax the Toledo of the North. I am at a loss as to painters thinking the North unpaintable."

- R. Eurich, in a letter to Christie's, 20 September 1985

We have merged records of three works all titled 'Northern Town', all dated 1965 and each with similar dimensions to create the provenance of this painting, but there is some chance they were separate paintings.

- REP / PC