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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

Robin Hood's Bay in Wartime

1940

oil on canvas

63.5h x 76.2w (cm)

National Maritime Museum

Narrative
Figures on a Beach
Official War Artist
Wartime
Weather | Storm | Wind | Rain | Snow | Mist | Fog
Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports
Seascapes | Coastal Scenes
Towns | Town Life | Buildings
Bonfires | Flames | Smoke
Commissioned Works
Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist

Recto: signed lower right: R. EURICH. 1940


Tags:
All Works in Public Collections
Bonfires / Flames / Smoke
Commissioned Works
England
Figures on a Beach
Motifs
Narrative
Official War Artist
Robin Hood's Bay
Seascapes / Coastal Scenes
Sets
Ships / Boats / Harbours
The North
Themes
Towns / Town Life / Buildings
Wartime
Weather / Storm / Wind / Rain / Snow
Yorkshire

Subject
Figures
NMM
National Maritime Museum
WW2
WWII
World War 2 World War II
buidlings
dinghy
fisherman
fishing boat
fishing net
horse and cart
men
mending
nets
public collection
rifle
road
soldier
spectators
steamer
steps
street
swell
uniform
war
war artist
wartime
watching
waves

Medium
Oil

See the notes in the Art UK entry in References below.

- REP

This painting was RE's first wartime commission for the Admiralty, together with 'Fishing Boats at Whitby Bay', aka Whitby in Wartime.

- REP

11 April 1940
"Walked to Robin Hood’s Bay. Bus back. Rifles being doled out to men who took it somewhat as a joke."

- RE diary

Provenance & Events

ACQUIRED • 1940

bought by the Ministry of Information

For £25
EXHIBITION • 1940 to 1942
EXHIBITION • December 1940

"British War Artists"

National Gallery
GIFTED • c1947

National Maritime Museum

gifted by the War Artists' Advisory Committee; accession number BHC1572

SOLO SHOW • 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992
SOLO SHOW • 20th Mar to 29th May 2004

References:

Books

  • "Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist"; Edward Chaney and Christine Clearkin (contributions by James Hyman, David McCann and Peyton Skipwith), pub. 2003: Paul Holberton Publishing, ISBN 1903470110 [Figure 11 in catalogue, not exhibited]
  • "Night Raid on Portsmouth Docks’ signed 1941 - A Wartime Incident by Richard Eurich (1903-1992), THE ELUSIVE MR BEARE AND OTHER ESSAYS"; Nigel Surry, Fortune Press, 2015

Reviews

  • "Nothing missing in action"; by John Russell Taylor, pub. The Times, 2 October 1991 [detail of 'Robin Hood's Bay in Wartime' illustrated]

Other

  • "Art UK Curations 2"; [The Great British Coastline Art Tour: Yorkshire | curated by 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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