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

The Pleasures of Travel, 1951

1952

oil on canvas

50.8h x 63.5w (cm)

Private Collection

Narrative

Humour / Satire

Interiors

Bonfires | Flames | Smoke

Curtains

Umbrellas | Hats

Commissioned Works

Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist

The Art of Richard Eurich

Recto: signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich 1951-2

Tags:

Bonfires / Flames / Smoke

Commissioned Works

Curtains / Necklaces

Interiors

Motifs

Narrative

Sets

Themes

Umbrellas / Hats

Subject

Baby

Curtains

Hair

Pipe

aeroplane

airplane

babies

boy

brush

children

crash

drinks

fear

fire

food

girl

handbag

hat

luggage

man

matches

men

newspaper

pilot

spill

stewardess

tray

uniform

vicar

wing

women woman female

Medium

Oil

The writer Evelyn Waugh commissioned Richard to paint this picture to complement two other paintings he owned, both by Robert Musgrave Joy - 'The Pleasures of Travel 1751' and 'The Pleasures of Travel 1851'. See below. They were painted in 1861 and are also known as "Travelling Past 1760, Your Money or your Life" and "Travelling Present 1860, Tickets Please".

- REP

On the strength of this commission from Evelyn Waugh, Richard was emboldened to ask him what he thought of his writings, a memoir of his early years. Apparently Waugh was encouraging and offered to write an introduction but this never happened.

- REP / PC

Provenance & Events

IN COLLECTION • 2017

Private Collection

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 18 in catalogue, not exhibited]
"The Art of Richard Eurich"; Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727 [fig 62, pg 83]

Reviews

"Poet of the Beach"; Peyton Skipwith, Country Life, 19 September 2020 [p145]
"In Focus: The Anglo-German pacifist-turned-war artist who famously chronicled Dunkirk — despite not being there"; Peyton Skipwith, Country Life - online
"Spectator magazine"; [6 AUGUST 1954, Page 6]
"Waugh-Commissioned Artist in New Book and Exhibition"; by Jeffrey Manley, pub. Evelyn Waugh Society website, September 18, 2020
"Rediscovering Richard Eurich"; by Peyton Skipwith, pub. Fine Art Connoisseur (Streamline, USA), October 2020, Historic Masters, pp 130-135
"The Sea, the sea"; review by Jonathan Meades of the Edge of All the Land exhibition (1994) republished in a book of his selected writings - Pedro and Ricky Come Again, pub. Unbound: 18 March 2021, ISBN-10 : 1783529504; ISBN-13 : 978-1783529506
"The Pleasures of Travel"; by John Derbyshire, pub. Taki's Magazine, Dec 1, 2010
"A Weekend with Waugh"; by Duncan McLaren, pub. evelynwaugh.org.uk
"A smell of cigar smoke in the night"; by Michael Davie, pub. Observer Magazine: 13 May 1973

Related Works

Queen of the Sea, 1911 (1954)

The Guy (1958)

Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940 (1941)

The Return (c1952)