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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: José Manuel Costa Alves / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
© Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

The Messenger

1962

oil on board

94.5h x 125w (cm)

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

Narrative
Gatherings | Crowds | Festivities
Nude Figures
Landscapes | Gardens
Birds Eye View
Bonfires | Flames | Smoke
Towels | Shrouds | Figures Bending Over
Strange Pictures
Colour
RA Summer Exhibitions

Recto: signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich 1962


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All Works in Public Collections
Birds Eye View
Bonfires / Flames / Smoke
Gatherings / Festivities
Landscapes / Gardens
Motifs
Narrative
Nudes
Problem Pictures
Sets
Themes
Towels

Subject
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
Sea
\Trees
animals
black
boat
buidlings
camel
camp
casm
children
crowds
donkey
emperor
encampment
ethnic
flags
horse
man in swimming trunks
men
mysterious
old walls
palace
riders
ruins
smoke
spectators
tents
throne
town
waterfall
women woman female

Medium
Oil

This painting was inspired by the messenger sub plot in Kafka's short story "The Great Wall of China".

- REP

We think the messenger is depicted twice.

- REP / PC

Provenance & Events

EXHIBITION • 4th May to 18th Aug 1963

"Summer Exhibition 1963"

Royal Academy of Arts

Cat 298

EXHIBITION • 16th May to 13th Jun 1964
SOLO SHOW • 26th Apr to 20th May 1977

"Richard Eurich RA"

The Fine Art Society

Cat 9

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

"Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition"

Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries

Cat 62

EXHIBITION • 1986
ACQUIRED • 17th May 1988

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

arranged by Dr David Brown

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