Schönbrunn from the Palace October 1945

Carel Weight (1908 - 1997)

Oil on board

October 1945

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Austria
    City: Vienna
    Place: British Embassy
  • About the artist
    Carel Weight was born in London. His grandfather came from Hamburg (and was, according to the artist, the first professional chiropodist ever to come to England). Weight studied at Hammersmith College of Art from 1928–30 and at Goldsmiths College from 1931–33. During the Second World War he was an Official War Artist, at the instigation of Kenneth (later Lord) Clark, a close friend with whom he frequently discussed art and history. As a War Artist, Weight visited Austria, Italy and Greece, and the Government Art Collection owns a number of works painted by him at this time. After the War, he taught at the Royal College of Art, becoming Professor of Painting in 1957. He exhibited internationally and is represented in many public collections. A retrospective exhibition of Weight’s work was held in 1982 at the Royal Academy, followed by a smaller show there in 1988 to mark his eightieth birthday. In 1995 a retrospective exhibition of his work as an Official War Artist was held at the Imperial War Museum in London.
  • Explore
    Places
    Austria, Vienna: Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna: Schönbrunn, Vienna
    Subjects
    horseback, jeep, topography, WW2 art, genre, townscape/cityscape, tree, horse, man, woman, military uniform, flag, cannon, rifle (military), soldier, World War II, road, gate, garden, flagpole, lamp post, monument, palace, courtyard, pillar (architectural feature)
    Materials & Techniques
    board, oil, oil painting
  • Details
    Artist
    Carel Weight (1908 - 1997)
    Title
    Schönbrunn from the Palace October 1945
    Date
    October 1945
    Medium
    Oil on board
    Dimensions
    height: 36.50 cm, width: 42.30 cm
    Acquisition
    Presented via the Imperial War Museum, War Artists' Advisory Committee, April 1946
    Inscription
    verso: Inscribed in black ink on reverse of board, top left, (in artist's handwriting?): No.24/ Schönbrunn from the Palace / Oct 1945. C. Weight".
    Provenance
    Gift from Imperial War Museum, War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946
    GAC number
    531