Carl Franz Felkel

Birth: http://data.matricula-online.eu/de/oesterreich/wien/stockerau/01-27...
About: http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=oku&datum=1932&page...

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Carl Felkel was born in Austria in 1896, and at some stage, arrived in the UK. We have no early information on his life, but do know that he was interned on the Isle of Man at Hutchinson Camp in the early years of WWII, as he, along with 14 other alien artists, send a letter to Sir Kenneth Clark, c/o The National Gallery, appealing for the category of 'artist' to be added to the 18 categories of internees who could make application for release. As to whether this had any effect, we do not know.
He had travelled extensively in Europe, painting mostly landscapes in oils and watercolours, but was also a Society portraitist and a book illustrator. He lived until his death in the 1980s at 174 Holland Park, London W.11. He apparently flourished in the 1930s.

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Sources:

• Antiques Atlas.com
• RKD.nl