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

Snow in the Solent

1979

oil on board

44.5h x 59.5w (cm)

Private Collection (UK)

Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports

Seascapes | Coastal Scenes

Lepe Beach and The Solent

The Art of Richard Eurich

Recto: signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich. ‘79.

Verso: inscribed: SNOW IN THE SOLENT. 1979. RICHARD EURICH. R.A.

Alternatives:

44h x 58w []

Tags:

England

Hampshire

Seascapes / Coastal Scenes

Ships / Boats / Harbours

The Solent

Themes

Weather / Storm / Wind / Rain / Snow

Subject

Sea

Snow

boat

fog

foggy

masted ship

mist

misty

oil painting

painting

sail

sailing

sailing ship

seascape

ship

sun

tall ship

two master

water

weather

winter

Medium

Oil

A strange phenomenon. I don’t know if Dad saw this effect, or at least something bordering on it. It looks like a ghost ship, a thing of the past, accompanied by a mysterious-looking moon.

See Hailstorm on the Solent (1979)

- REP / PB

Provenance & Events

ACQUIRED • 1980

bought by K J Fitton from Marine Artists

AUCTION • 8th Oct 2014

"Auctioned update for "Snow in the Solent (1979)""

auctioned by Bellmans Auctioneers & Valuers, Billingshurst, UK, lot 551, illustrated

IN COLLECTION • 2015

Private Collection (UK)

References:

Books

"The Art of Richard Eurich"; Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727 [fig 119, pg 139]

Related Works

Hailstorm on the Solent (1979)