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Art work by Richard Eurich D.Litt. RA OBE (1903-1992) Catalogue Raisonnée: https://richardeurich.co.uk/. Contact: Philippa Bambach 07890 390633
Photo: Royal Air Force Museum
© Royal Air Force Museum

Portland Bill, 1940

1941

oil on canvas laid on board

31h x 48w (cm)

Royal Air Force Museum

Official War Artist
Wartime
Landscapes | Gardens
Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports
Seascapes | Coastal Scenes

Recto: unsigned and undated


Tags:
All Works in Public Collections
Dorset
Empty Seascapes and Landscapes
England
Landscapes / Gardens
Official War Artist
Portland Bill
Seascapes / Coastal Scenes
Sets
Ships / Boats / Harbours
The South West
Themes
Wartime

Subject
Royal Air Force Museum
Sea
attack
battle
bombers
bombing
clouds in blue sky
collection
crashing
destroyed
dog-fight
fighters
formation
peninsula
public
public collection
raid
ships
sky
sun
supply boat
supply vessels
vapour trails
war artist

Medium
Oil

There are two versions of this painting,  the larger "Air Fight over Portland" (1940) in the Imperial War Museum and "Portland Bill, 1940" (1941) in the Royal Air Force collection.

- REP / PC

February 14, 1942: Started painting 12x18 of Portland in air raid for the officers' mess at Portland. 

(Got it framed at Wisemans in London. Picked it up on 10th March)

- RE diary, 1942

Provenance & Events

COMMISSIONED • 1941

by the Ministry of Information

WITH • March 1942

Officers' Mess, Portland

WITH • [date unknown]

the Leva Gallery, London

ACQUIRED • [date unknown]

Royal Air Force Museum

purchased from the Leva Gallery; accession number FA00812

EXHIBITION • 29th Aug 2020 to 28th Mar 2021

References:

Archive

Other

  • "Art UK Curations 2"; [Artists and places: Richard Eurich in Dorset and Hampshire | curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets, Art UK]
  • "Art UK Curations 1"; [The Great British Coastline Art Tour: Dorset - Mudeford to Lyme Regis | David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets, Art UK]
  • "Art UK Curations 3"; [Artists and wartime places: Richard Eurich | curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets, Art UK]

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Air Fight over Portland

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Fortresses over Southampton Water (1944)
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