Fire stående kvindelige modeller 1918 - 1921

This drawing of standing female nudes was created by Vilhelm Lundstrom, though the date is unknown. It’s just pencil on paper, humble materials, but don’t let that fool you. The artist’s hand is really evident here. You can see Lundstrom’s commitment to line and form, as he uses the pencil to capture the volume and weight of the human body. Drawing is the most immediate of art practices, and in this case, the artist seems to have wanted to record an impression, a moment of observation. The immediacy and simplicity is itself the message. There’s no gloss, no varnish, no distraction from the artist’s vision. In the end, it's all about the artist's direct engagement with the materials and subject, stripping away the artifice to reveal something essential. And that is, after all, at the heart of both drawing, and sculpture.