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Art work by Richard Eurich D.Litt. RA OBE (1903-1992) Catalogue Raisonnée: https://richardeurich.co.uk/. Contact: Philippa Bambach 07890 390633
Photo: Manchester Art Gallery / Bridgeman Images
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The Boats Were Machine-Gunned

1941

oil on canvas

76.6h x 101.6w (cm)

Manchester Art Gallery

Narrative
Official War Artist
Wartime
Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports
Seascapes | Coastal Scenes
Birds Eye View
Bonfires | Flames | Smoke
Commissioned Works

Recto: signed and dated lower left: R. EURICH. 1941

Alternatives:
The Boats Were Machine Gunned []
Ship's Boats dive-bombed [RE sales diary]

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Birds Eye View
Bonfires / Flames / Smoke
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Motifs
Narrative
Official War Artist
Seascapes / Coastal Scenes
Sets
Ships / Boats / Harbours
Themes
Wartime

Subject
German sea-plane
Ju 88
Manchester Art Gallery
Sea
WW2
WWII
World War 2 World War II
aeroplanes
attacking
bodies
bullets
calm
clouds
dive
machine-gun fire
offical war artist to the admiralty
oil painting
public collection
sail boats
sailing boats
sea-plane
smoke
strafe
sun
war
war artist
warplanes
wartime

Medium
Oil

Provenance & Events

COMMISSIONED • [date unknown]

by the Admiralty / War Artists' Advisory Committee [Richard entered this work into his sales diary in 1943 but noted that he painted it in 1942.]

GIFTED • 1947

Manchester Art Gallery

by the War Artists' Advisory Committee to Manchester Art Gallery; accession number 1947.394

SOLO SHOW • 26th Sep 1991 to 12th Jan 1992

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