Three Bob a Week

Artist Stephen Conroy (Helensburgh, Scotland, born 1964)

Date1987

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 137.4 cm, Width: 121.7 cm
Frame: Height: 164 cm, Width: 149.7 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1988 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and the Friends of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG008092

Keywords

About MeConroy's painting remains firmly rooted in the tradition of the nineteenth century. The work of Edgar Degas and Walter Richard Sickert are his chief influences. The dark interior, stiffly dressed figures and a brooding silence are redolent of a pre-modern period. Like many of Conroy's compositions this one is homocentric, with dramatic gesture and side lighting. The figures are placed friezelike, across the canvas where pictorial space is shallow. Like Ken Currie, Stephen Conroy graduated from Glasgow School of Art and rose to fame rapidly. Alongside Adrian Wiszniewski and Steven Campbell he has come to represent the rebirth of figurative painting in Scotland during the 1980s.

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Stephen Conroy is a Scottish figurative painter who studied at the Glasgow School of Art. His work has gained much recognition and praise both in Scotland and abroad.

Exhibitions

Human Presence