Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908-1997), Painter and teacher of art
Sitter in 14 portraits
Artist of 2 portraits
Attended Hammersmith School of Art and Goldsmiths' College. Later joined the teaching staff of the Royal College of Art and became Head of Painting in 1957, a post he held until his retirement in 1973. Peter Blake, David Hockney and Allen Jones were taught by him. His own art owed much to the influence of Edvard Munch and Stanley Spencer. From the former came the nervy edge of suspense and from the latter the record of apparent everyday scenes invested with meaning beyond the ordinary. His subject matter was the landscape of urban, often derelict, South London, inhabited by detached, alienated beings often at odds with the elements.
by Carel Victor Morlais Weight
oil on canvas, 1930
NPG 5522
by Geoffrey Ireland
bromide print on red card mount, 1950s
NPG x125111
Ruskin Spear; Carel Victor Morlais Weight
by Geoffrey Ireland
bromide print on card mount, 1950s
NPG x125114
by Geoffrey Ireland
bromide print on red card mount, circa 1953
NPG x125112
by Geoffrey Ireland
bromide print on red card mount, circa 1953
NPG x125113
Donald Hamilton Fraser, Ruskin Spear; Carel Victor Morlais Weight and two unknown men
by Geoffrey Ireland
bromide print on card mount, circa 1953
NPG x125115
Ruskin Spear; Rodney Burns; Carel Victor Morlais Weight; Sir Roger de Grey; Robin Darwin
by Geoffrey Ireland
bromide print on card mount, circa 1953
NPG x125116
by George Newson
bromide fibre print, September 1988
NPG x32378
by Barry Marsden
bromide fibre print, 1988
NPG x39373
by Saranjeet ('S.S') Walia
bromide print, early 1970s
NPG x1523
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
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