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

Weymouth Bay

1980

oil; support unknown

46h x 76w (cm)

Private Collection (UK)

Figures on a Beach

Empty Seascapes and Landscapes

Seascapes | Coastal Scenes

Umbrellas | Hats

Prizes and Awards

Recto: signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich ’80

Tags:

Dorset

Empty Seascapes and Landscapes

England

Figures on a Beach

Motifs

Seascapes / Coastal Scenes

Sets

The South

Themes

Umbrellas / Hats

Weymouth

Subject

Dog

Figures

animal

bathing

prizes

shingle beach

splash

swimming

white sails

yachts

Medium

Oil

Richard won first prize with this work for the best oil painting in the inaugural year of the Hunting Art Prize (1981). Awarded by the Hunting Group.

- REP

This shows Dad’s mastery at suggesting large stretches of sea, keeping the eye occupied with its life and the vibrating quality of slight changes over its surface. The majority of the picture surface is ‘empty’ but never dull. The feeling of space is immense. The figures on the right are tiny in this immensity and there are some of his favourite images: an umbrella and someone bending down to a dog. The sense of a bay is created by the very subtle curve down of the beach on the horizon.

- REP / PB

Richard was a regular visitor to Weymouth, staying with relatives there. So it is not surprising that there are a few of his paintings titled 'Weymouth Bay'.
Our apologies if any of the details have got mixed up between them. Let us know.
Weymouth Bay (1922) early watercolour
Weymouth Bay (c1935) exhibited at the Redfern Gallery in 1935, no image
Weymouth Bay (1972) a moody panorama looking out to sea
Weymouth Bay (1979) another panorama looking across the bay towards the town
Weymouth Bay (1980) this one
Weymouth Bay (c1981) a little blue gem

- REP-PC