Model set fra ryggen 1913 - 1917

Harald Giersing created this drawing with pencil on paper. The subject, a female nude, is presented from a rear view. What strikes you first is its elegant simplicity, achieved through a minimal number of lines. Giersing masterfully captures the essence of form with remarkable economy. The lines create a sense of volume and depth. They invite you to consider how line alone can convey the complexities of the human form and how meaning can be created through suggestion rather than explicit detail. The drawing’s lack of color and shading directs our attention to the purity of line and shape, highlighting the formal elements of the artwork. Giersing challenges traditional academic approaches to figure drawing by prioritizing simplicity and expressiveness over anatomical correctness. The drawing exists as part of a cultural discourse about modernism, where artists experimented with new ways of representing the body and the world.