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Solent Fort
1954
oil on canvas
35.5h x 61w (cm)
Weather | Storm | Wind | Rain | Snow | Mist | Fog
Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports
Seascapes | Coastal Scenes
Bonfires | Flames | Smoke
Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist
RA Summer Exhibitions
- REP / PCFour Palmerston seaforts were built across the Solent from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight around 1860. They were designed, along with other land based forts, to protect the Royal Navy port of Portsmouth from a perceived threat from the French navy. This one is Spitbank Fort, now a luxury hotel.
The seaforts were the main subject in a number of Richard's paintings, and an incidental subject in a few others. See the links below to the other works.
Provenance & Events
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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 10 in catalogue, not exhibited [ The 1954 version of Solent Fort was accidentally used instead of the 1936 version.]
Related Works
Beach with Bathers (1969)
Zoom in to find the sea fort on the horizon.