Staithes, Yorkshire
1938
oil on canvas
76h x 101.3w (cm)
- REP - PCVincent Massey was the Canadian High Commissioner to Britain during WW2, and later became the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada. He was also an art collector, and took a close interest in the activities of the both the Canadian and British war artists. Richard's set of Dunkirk pictures painted in 1940 were done speculatively before he was taken on as a official war artist, so he had to try to sell them through the Redfern gallery. Massey bought the biggest of them, Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940 (1940), at the 1941 exhibition, along with this painting Staithes, Yorkshire (1938), both of which he gifted to the National Gallery of Canada.
Also see: The Frozen Tarn (1940) and Troops at Balliol, Second World War (1947)
Provenance & Events
References:
Collections
- "National Gallery of Canada"; [reference page]
Other
- "Going British And Being Modern In The Visual Art Systems Of Canada, 1906-1976"; by Sarah A. Stanners, University of Toronto, pub. Library and Archives Canada, Published Heritage Branch, 2009 [see chapter 1]
