'A Walk in the Country'

Oil on board, 10" x 14"

Prof Carel Weight CH RA RBA RWA LG (1908 - 1997)

Born in London of German and Swedish descent, Weight studied at Hammersmith School of Art and later Goldsmith's College in the 1920s and 30s. Throughout a varied career he was appointed an official war artist in the Second War, produced a mural for the Festival of Britain and a commission for Manchester Cathedral. He served as Professor of painting at the Royal Academy from 1957 to 1973. A retrospective was held at the RA in 1982.

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