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

Old Cemetery, Portland

1983

oil on board

36.5h x 60.5w (cm)

Private Collection (UK)

Landscapes | Gardens

Trees | Woods | Forests

RA Summer Exhibitions

The Art of Richard Eurich

Recto: signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich '83

Verso: inscribed: OLD CEMERTERY PORTLAND RICHARD EURICH RA 1983; FAS label with title as "Old Cemetery, Portland" 1983 and ref number E1/218

Alternatives:

The Old Cemetery, Portland [Fine Art Society (1991)]

Old Cemertery Portland [verso]

35h x 60w []

Tags:

Dorset

England

Landscapes / Gardens

Portland

The South West

Themes

Trees / Woods

Subject

blossom

cemetery

cliffs

crane

door

grass

gravestone

graveyard

hill

industry

old walls

path

ruin

spring

steps

stone

wall

Medium

Oil

This painting, done in 1983 when Richard was 80 years old, seems to have been based on a sketch he did on a trip from his home in Ilkley, Yorkshire to stay with his cousins in Weymouth in 1922 when he was 19 years old. Click on the sketch below.

- REP-PC

Provenance & Events

EXHIBITION • 19th May to 19th Aug 1984

"Summer Exhibition 1984"

Royal Academy of Arts

Cat 6

WITH • 1984

The Fine Art Society

SOLO SHOW • 14th Oct to 8th Nov 1991

"Richard Eurich: Paintings Since the War"

The Fine Art Society

Cat 39

SOLO SHOW • 1st to 25th Feb 1994

"A Tribute to Richard Eurich"

The Fine Art Society

Cat 12

Priced at £4,500

WITH • 1995

Alresford Gallery

WITH • 2000

Artist's estate

SOLO SHOW • 8th to 29th Mar 2003

"RE-Discovered, a centenary celebration show of paintings and drawings by RICHARD EURICH OBE RA (1903 - 1992)"

The First Gallery

Cat 15

Priced at £3,000

EXHIBITION • 20th Mar to 19th Apr 2013

"A Critic's Choice 1950-2000"

Browse & Darby Gallery

Cat 44

Priced at £7,000

IN COLLECTION • 2019

Private Collection (UK)

References:

Books

"The Art of Richard Eurich"; Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727 [fig 145, pg 162]

Catalogues

"37th Annual British & French Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture Exhibition"; pub. Browse & Darby [Cat 17, illustrated]

Related Works

Portland Quarries (1934)

Portland Bill with HMS Tiger (1932)

Landscape at Lyme Regis (1930)

Air Fight over Portland (1940)