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

Stormy Evening, Solent

1979

oil on board

38.5h x 61w (cm)

Private Collection

Figures on a Beach

Night | Dusk

Sunrises | Sunsets

Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports

Seascapes | Coastal Scenes

Lepe Beach and The Solent

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

Verso: signed and dated; Ash Barn Gallery label 27.XI.79 with title 'Stormy Evening, Solent' and purchaser's name"

Alternatives:

Evening in Solent {RE sales diary, attribution uncertain] []

Tags:

England

Figures on a Beach

Hampshire

Lepe Beach

Night

Seascapes / Coastal Scenes

Ships / Boats / Harbours

Sunrises / Sunsets

The Solent

The South

Themes

Weather / Storm / Wind / Rain / Snow

Subject

Figures

Townsend Thorensen

dark clouds

ferries

ferry

sand spit

street light

Medium

Oil

Just over half of the picture is given over to the dramatic sky. The lurid sunset is about to die in the West and then there appears suddenly the thrilling sight of the pink ship catching the final rays, moving in front of the dark threatening clouds! Powerful stuff in a small painting.

See Evening Lepe (1971).

- REP / PB

Provenance & Events

ACQUIRED • 1979

bought by private collector from the Ash Barn Gallery

For £387

IN COLLECTION • [date unknown]

Private Collection

Related Works

Stormy Evening, Lepe (1976)

Rainy Day Isle of Wight (1965)

Evening, Lepe (1971)

Bait Diggers (1983)