Allan Eric John Carr was born in London on January 10, 1914. A gifted painter, he honed his craft at the Slade School of Fine Art at University College London before working as a muralist. During the late 1930s, he imparted his knowledge of painting technique to students at the Edinburgh College of Art, where he also founded the Wine and Food Society.

Carr was commissioned into the British Army’s Intelligence Corps in September 1943 as a second lieutenant before being promoted to a lieutenant in March 1944 and captain in May 1945. He transferred to the MFAA Branch of the Allied Commission for Austria (British Element) in October 1945, succeeding Monuments Man Major R. A. “Peter” Skelton. Stationed in Vienna, Major Carr participated in several conferences regarding the return of looted works of art and other cultural objects hidden by the Nazis in Austria for safekeeping. In addition, he personally delivered a collection of furniture and objets d’art to Schönbrunn Palace, the grand summer residence of the Habsburg monarchs.

Carr moved to the United States in the early 1960s, settling in California and working for the San Francisco Examiner. He continued to nurture his interest in art: in May 1962 he gave a guest lecture at the University of San Francisco Medical Center on Italian frescoes. At that time, he was listed as author, artist, and art historian in the Examiner.

Allan Carr died in San Francisco, California, on May 3, 2002.

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