The Return - Conversation

Artist Carel Weight (London, England, 1908 - 1997)

Mediumoil on hardboard

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 60.9 cm, Width: 76 cm
Frame: Height: 76.7 cm, Width: 92.1 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1975.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG003590

Keywords

Female

About MeCarel Weight's art can be compared to the art of Stanley Spencer in that both artists share a unique vision of the world: whilst Spencer set Bible stories in his home village of Cookham, Weight wove fantasy and the supernatural into his own surroundings.

Weight's images are of ordinary life but there is an uneasy undercurrent to all of his compositions. The subject of this picture is set at the studios in Hospitalfield near Arbroath - a summer college for students attending the four Scottish art colleges - where Weight was a visiting artist for a year. Weight uses his surroundings to suggest a narrative in which two women walk from the scene - one of whom rests her arm on the other in consolation. The viewer cannot help but wonder at the significance of the event and at what has just taken place.
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Two women walk from the scene, one resting her hand on the arm of the other, perhaps in consolation. What has just taken place?