Horses in a Pasture 1937

This artwork, 'Horses in a Pasture' by Arnold Peter Weisz-Kubínčan, pulses with soft pastel strokes of pink, green, and orange, that together, almost vibrate. I can imagine him building the image, one mark at a time, as the horses emerge from the ochre ground like apparitions. There's a vulnerable quality here, like the artist, Weisz-Kubínčan, is reaching into memory to conjure these figures. Those horses, caught mid-gallop, are made of simple gestures, but evoke so much life. See how the salmon-pink pastel almost dissolves into the warm peach sky? I am reminded of other painters, such as Paula Modersohn-Becker, who pushed the boundaries of form and feeling. Like them, Weisz-Kubínčan shows us how artists build on each other, each one leaving their mark. It’s a testament to painting’s capacity to express the inexpressible, embracing the beauty of ambiguity and uncertainty.