Art work by Richard Eurich D.Litt. RA OBE (1903-1992) Catalogue Raisonnée: https://richardeurich.co.uk/. Contact: Philippa Bambach 07890 390633 — © Dreweatts 1759

Tanker in the Solent

1969

oil on canvas

25h x 35w (cm)

Private Collection (UK)

Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports

Bonfires | Flames | Smoke

Lepe Beach and The Solent

Recto: signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich ’69

Verso: signed and inscribed ‘Tanker in the Solent’, inscribed numbered and dated on the stretcher ‘Shipping Solent 1969 37’

Alternatives:

Shipping in the Solent [Tooth’s]

25h x 33w [Tooth’s]

25h x 33w [Christie’s]

Tags:

Bonfires / Flames / Smoke

England

Hampshire

Motifs

Ships / Boats / Harbours

The Solent

The South

Themes

Subject

breakwater

dark sea

merchant ship

oil tanker

rocks

sailing boat

ship on horizon

ships

tugs tug boat

Medium

Oil

. . . I am not a particular collector of art . . . [but] I was drawn to it because I am a hobby sailor and sail a lot on the Solent; the two small sailing boats against the looming tankers were perfectly captured. It was as simple as that, really. A lovely picture of a familiar scene. . . . a no fuss picture, which just captures the moment simply but so truly. I half expect to see the tankers moving on as I look and the sailboats weaving away, but of course, it’s just a snapshot.

- The Owner (2019)