Horse Drinking 1956

Rudolf Láng made this watercolour painting, "Horse Drinking", with flowing marks and colours that suggest an understanding of artmaking as a process, rather than a fixed outcome. The material aspects of this work – the texture, the transparent washes of color, the way the paint seems to drip and run – create a feeling of movement and fluidity. Look at the dark, gestural strokes that define the horse’s legs and the way they contrast with the lighter, more diffuse areas of its body. It’s as if Láng is capturing not just the appearance of the horse, but the very act of drinking, the way its muscles flex and its body shifts. This piece reminds me of Franz Marc's animal paintings, not in style, but in the shared attempt to capture the essence of an animal through simplified forms and expressive color. Ultimately, "Horse Drinking" invites us to see the world not as a collection of static objects, but as a dynamic, ever-changing flow of energy and form.