A Walker from the Past

Carel Weight (1908 - 1997)

lithograph

1987

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall
  • 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.
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    brick, walking, dog, man, woman, wall
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  • Details
    Artist
    Carel Weight (1908 - 1997)
    Title
    A Walker from the Past
    Portfolio Title
    Artists' Choice
    Edition
    45/48
    Date
    1987
    Medium
    lithograph
    Dimensions
    height: 30.60 cm, width: 30.60 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from the Royal College of Art, November 2007
    Inscription
    below image, bl (printed): A walker from the past. ; below image br: 45/48 / Carel Weight
    Provenance
    Royal College of Art
    GAC number
    18161/47