Art work by Richard Eurich D.Litt. RA OBE (1903-1992) Catalogue Raisonnée: https://richardeurich.co.uk/. Contact: Philippa Bambach 07890 390633 — Photo: (c) Southwark Art Collection; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation

The Guy

1958

oil on canvas

127h x 101.6w (cm)

Cuming Museum, Southwark Art Collection

Narrative

Gatherings | Crowds | Festivities

Night | Dusk

Towns | Town Life | Buildings

Bonfires | Flames | Smoke

Umbrellas | Hats

Strange Pictures

Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist

RA Summer Exhibitions

Recto: signed and dated lower left: R Eurich 1958

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Bonfires / Flames / Smoke

Gatherings / Festivities

Motifs

Narrative

Night

Problem Pictures

Sets

Themes

Towns / Town Life / Buildings

Umbrellas / Hats

Subject

Baby

Boots

Chair

Figures

Southwark Art Collection

arch

ballerina

bonfire

brick

children

city

collection

dancer

doorway

flames

furniture

gateway

girl

hanging

hat

helmet

holding

leg

lifting

man

mask

mother

public

public collection

scarf

shirtless

shoulders

standing

stick

stool

table

teenage teenagers

toddler

traditions festivities gatherings

tutu

wall

women woman female

youths

Medium

Oil

Provenance & Events

EXHIBITION • 3rd May to 17th Aug 1958

"Summer Exhibition 1958"

Royal Academy of Arts

Cat 124

EXHIBITION • 1st to 24th Oct 1958

"Richard Eurich, Derek Middleton, Maurice Utrillo"

Redfern Gallery

Cat 14

EXHIBITION • 1959

"Yorkshire Artists Exhibition"

Leeds Art Gallery

EXHIBITION • 1960

"Work by Staff of Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts"

South London Art Gallery

ACQUIRED • 1960

Cuming Museum, Southwark Art Collection

bought from the artist at Camberwell Exhibition for accession number GA1038

For GNS250

SOLO SHOW • 25th Nov 1979 to 20th Jan 1980

"Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition"

Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries

Cat 57

SOLO SHOW • 28th Jan to 13th Mar 1994

"The Edge of all the Land: Richard Eurich 1903-1992"

Southampton City Art Gallery

Cat 58

References:

Books

"Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist"; Edward Chaney and Christine Clearkin (contributions by James Hyman, David McCann and Peyton Skipwith), pub. 2003: Paul Holberton Publishing, ISBN 1903470110 [Figure 27 in catalogue, not exhibited]

Reviews

"The Sphere"; [Christmas edition, 1958, illustrated in colour]

Collections

"The Cuming Museum"; [link]

Other

"Art UK Curations 3"; [20th Century Spotlight: Southwark Art Collection | curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets, Art UK]

Related Works

The Guy (1948)

Men of Straw (1957)

Mischief Night (1975)

The Last of the Guy (1983)