Hanna Weil

Hanna Weil (1921–2011) was a German-born British artist, notable as a painter and teacher.

Weil was born in Munich in 1921 and, after her family moved to England in 1932 to escape the establishment of Nazi Germany, she attended the North London Collegiate School.

[1] While working at Hammersmith, Weil also began teaching at Saint Martin's and continued in that role until 1987.

[1] While teaching Weil continued to paint, often creating landscapes and cityscapes with a somewhat distorted perspective.

[4][5] Weil married the engineer and metallurgist Rudolf Strauss (1913-2001) and the couple lived at Hampstead in north London.