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 Wharfe at Bolton Abbey

1982

oil on board

40.6h x 60.7w (cm)

Private Collection (UK)

Landscapes | Gardens

Birds Eye View

Recto: signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich '82

Verso: inscribed " THE WHARFE AT ILKLEY RICHARD EURICH RA 1982

Alternatives:

The Wharfe at Ilkley [verso - RE error]

Tags:

Birds Eye View

Bolton Abbey

England

Landscapes / Gardens

Motifs

The North

Themes

Yorkshire

Subject

Dog

Figures

\Trees

at leisure

church spire

cobble stones

fisherman

fishing rods

men

paddling

river

river bank

steeple

stony river bed

women woman female

Medium

Oil

RE seems to have mis-identified this view of the River Wharfe as being at Ilkley. It is in fact, although not completely topographically correct, a view near Bolton Abbey.

- REP

Provenance & Events

SOLO SHOW • 14th Mar to 8th Apr 1983

"Eurich at 80, Early Drawings and Recent Paintings"

The Fine Art Society

Cat 37; shown as 'The Wharfe at Ilkley'

SOLO SHOW • 25th Jan to 9th Mar 2003

"Richard Eurich: Yorkshire Paintings, a Centenary Exhibition of The Quiet Man of Yorkshire"

Wakefield Gallery

shown as 'The Wharf near Bolton Abbey'

SOLO SHOW • 2nd Nov to 5th Dec 2011

"Land and Sea"

The Hester Gallery

WITH • 2019

Waterhouse & Dodd, London

IN COLLECTION • 2019

artist's estate

ACQUIRED • June 2019

bought by private collector

IN COLLECTION • 2019

Private Collection (UK)

References:

Reviews

"Back on familiar territory"; by The Newsroom, pub. Yorkshire Post (online), 21 October 2011

Related Works

River Wharfe, Ilkley (1988)

From Bolton Abbey to Barden Tower (1960)

Whitby, North Yorkshire, to Represent Sheffield on Holiday (1961)

The Wharfe at Ilkley (1985)