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

The Mummers

1952

oil on board

88h x 92w (cm)

Brighton Museum and Art Gallery

Narrative

Gatherings | Crowds | Festivities

Towns | Town Life | Buildings

Bonfires | Flames | Smoke

Harlequins | Pierrots | Clowns

View through a Window or Door

Umbrellas | Hats

Strange Pictures

Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist

RA Summer Exhibitions

The Art of Richard Eurich

Still life within a scene

Recto: signed lower left: R. Eurich. 1952.

Alternatives:

89h x 89w []

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Bonfires / Flames / Smoke

Gatherings / Festivities

Harlequins / Pierrots / Clowns

Motifs

Music / Theatre

Night

Problem Pictures

Sets

Themes

Towns / Town Life / Buildings

Umbrellas / Hats

View through a Window or Door

Subject

Brighton and Hove Museums and Galleries

Flowers

Knife

Pierrot

alcohol

asian

beverage

black

children

clown

diva

downpipe

drain

drain pipes

dress

drink

dustbin

earing

glasses

guitar

handkerchief

hats

house

interior

lantern

man

masks

musical instrument

necklace

night

performers

pouring

railings

running

sailor suit

sailor's uniform

self-portrait

stab

stairs

steps

stilts

torch

trash bin

trash can

tricorn hat

turban

walking stick

window

women woman female

Medium

Oil

There are two versions of "The Mummers", this 1952 version in the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery and the 1951 version in Nottingham Castle, Museum and Art Gallery.

- REP / PC

A childhood memory from RE's early life in Bradford. The Eurich family lived next door to Eileen Beldon, an actress of some note and daughter of Mrs Beldon the suffragette. The whole family depicted here was keen on amateur theatricals and dressing up on any occasion. The small boy (upper left) is RE himself. 'It was amusing to think that in this sedate part of Bradford, in a private road of great respectability a house existed in which surrealism or the Marx brothers reigned supreme . . . '

- Caroline Krzesinska, "Richard Eurich RA - A Retrospective Exhibition" catalogue 1979-80; entry 49 from RE autobiography, correspondence with RE and Hove Museum of Art.

Provenance & Events

EXHIBITION • 3rd May to 24th Aug 1952

"Summer Exhibition 1952"

Royal Academy of Arts

Cat 90

SOLO SHOW • 26th Apr to 20th May 1977

"Richard Eurich RA"

The Fine Art Society

Cat 3, illustrated;

Priced at £1,200

ACQUIRED • 1978

purchased by Brighton Museum and Art Gallery; accession no. FAH1978.9

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

"Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition"

Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries

Cat 49, cover illustration

IN COLLECTION • 2018

Brighton Museum and Art Gallery

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 [Cat 33 and catalogue frontispiece (detail) on page 43 but not exhibited.]
"Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts Its Students and Teachers 1943-1960"; Geoff Hassell, Antique Collectors' Club,1995, ISBN 1 85149 180 5 [p 74]
"The Art of Richard Eurich"; Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727 [fig 65, pg 87]

Reviews

"Illustrated London News"; [Christmas edition 1952, colour]

Catalogues

"RICHARD EURICH, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition"; by Caroline Krzesinska, pub. Bradford Art Galleries and Museums 1979 [cover]

Collections

"Art UK Stories"; [The unexpected poetry of Richard Eurich's paintings]

Other

"Art UK Curations 1"; [Artists and places: Staff and pupils at the Camberwell School of Art in the mid-20th century | curated by David Saywell]

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