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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: courtesy Christie's 2008 Christie's Images Limited
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The Whitby Lights

1962

oil on board

35.2h x 58.1w (cm)

Gatherings | Crowds | Festivities
Figures on a Beach
Nude Figures
Weather | Storm | Wind | Rain | Snow | Mist | Fog
Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports
Bonfires | Flames | Smoke
Umbrellas | Hats
RA Summer Exhibitions

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

Verso: inscribed 'the Whitby lights/Richard Eurich'

Alternatives:
Whitby [Rountree Tryon Galleries]

Tags:
Bonfires / Flames / Smoke
England
Figures on a Beach
Gatherings / Festivities
Motifs
Nudes
Ships / Boats / Harbours
The North
Themes
Umbrellas / Hats
Weather / Storm / Wind / Rain / Snow
Whitby
Yorkshire

Subject
Figures
bathing
bench
boats
breakwater
choppy sea
crowds
dogs
fisherman
fishing rods
jetty
lamp post
light house
lighthouses
painter
promenade
quay
raining
sailing boats
smoke
street lamp
tourists

Medium
Oil

Provenance & Events

EXHIBITION • 1963
EXHIBITION • 4th May to 18th Aug 1963

"Summer Exhibition 1963"

Royal Academy of Arts

Cat 633

ACQUIRED • 1963

bought by a private collector from the RA

For £125
WITH • [date unknown]

the Maas Gallery

AUCTION • [date unknown]
IN COLLECTION • 2007

Arthur Ackermann and Peter Johnson

AUCTION • 8th May 2008
Sold for £5,000

References:

Catalogues

  • "RA Illustrated"; [1963]

Reviews

  • "Southern Daily Echo (Hampshire magazine)"

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Note how the brown triangle of the sail is picked up in 'Whitby Lights'.

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