Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908–1997) – IMS Photography https://ims.photography Ian Malpass-Scott Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:31:15 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 The Alarm https://ims.photography/2026/03/06/the-alarm/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:54:55 +0000 https://ims.photography/?p=7565 During the Second World War, Weight served with the Royal Engineers and Army Education Corps, and was appointed an Official War Artist in 1945. He went on to teach at the Royal College of Art in 1947, and was professor of painting there from 1967 until his retirement in 1973. His best known paintings depict figures in suburban surroundings.

Provenance: purchased from the Fieldborne Galleries with the assistance of the Friends of the Laing Art Gallery, 1976

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908–1997)
Date: About 1974

Image Details
Date: 6 March 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/32s
ISO: 400
Licensing: Image of a North East Museums asset. This image cannot be licensed.

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