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Carel Weight: Carel Weight CH, RA, LG, RWA (1908-1997) was a painter of urban landscapes (especially London), figure subjects and portraits, mainly in oil.  Born in Paddington, West London, he spent much of his childhood in Fulham.  He studied at Hammersmith School of Art 1928-30 and at Goldsmiths' College of Art 1930-33 under James Bateman. He held his first one man show at The Cooling Galleries in London in 1934, and had many other solo exhibitions subsequently including at The Leicester Galleries in 1946 and 1952, at The Zwemmer Gallery in 1961 and 1965, and a major retrospective at The Royal Academy 1982.  Weight exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1931 (elected ARA 1955 and RA 1965) and was also elected to the Royal Society of British Artist 1934, the London Group 1950, and the Royal West of England Academy 1954.  His work is represented in many public collections including the Tate Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the British Museum, Imperial War Museum, and The Fitzwilliam and Ashmoleon Museums. He was also an influential teacher at the Royal College of Art, being a tutor 1947-57 and then Professor of Painting 1957-73.

 

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