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

Study of Butterflies, Feather and Beetle

1918

watercolour and pencil on paper

25.4h x 19.9w (cm)

National Museum Wales/Amgueddfa Cymru

Animals | Birds

Watercolours

Drawings

Subject

Anthocharis cardamines

Orange Tip

Peacock

Red Admiral

birds

butterflies

butterfly

feathers

female

insects

natural history

pinchers

stag

watercolour

Medium

pencil

In his sales diary Richard says the date of this work is 1915, but it is dated 1918 in the Fine Art Society catalogue for the 1983 exhibition Eurich at 80.

- REP / PC

Richard's father Dr. Eurich collected beetles and butterflies. Richard sometimes accompanied him on his walks armed with a butterfly net. He obviously took an interest in the detail and delicacy of these creatures. When I visited the artist Kyffin Williams who once owned it, he showed me this picture in his house on Anglesey and I was struck by the concentrated care taken over this study by a 15 year old boy.

- REP / PB