The Lighthouse

Location

Country: Uzbekistan
City: Tashkent
Place: British Embassy

Fred Uhlman was born in Germany, where he became a doctor of law. He practised there as a barrister before leaving for Paris in 1933 where he began to teach himself to paint. He moved to London in 1934 where his paintings were enthusiastically received and he began to show work regularly in galleries in Paris and London. He also drew on his experience of spending his summers in Wales. A retrospective of Uhlman’s work was held at Leighton House, London in 1968.

Places

England, Cornwall, Isles of Scilly: St. Agnes

Subjects

fishing boat, genre, seascape/coastal scene, tree, hill, beach, woman, road, fence, telegraph pole, house, hut, lighthouse, wall

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Fred Uhlman (1901 - 1985)

Title

The Lighthouse

Date

1953

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 61.00 cm, width: 91.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the artist, December 1953

Inscription

br: UHLMAN/53

GAC number

2400