Studier af fasaner 1864 - 1941

These studies of pheasants were made by Niels Larsen Stevns at an unknown date, using pencil on paper. It’s like catching a glimpse into the artist’s private thoughts, right? I wonder what it was like for Stevns to sit there, maybe in a field or a studio, observing these birds. I can imagine him trying to capture their essence with just a few strokes of his pencil. Look at the way he’s captured the curve of their bodies, the delicate lines suggesting feathers. Each gesture feels intuitive, searching, as if he’s trying to understand not just what they look like, but how they move and exist in space. It reminds me of Morandi's bottles—simple subjects, but charged with so much feeling and presence through repetition and close observation. Artists, we're all just trying to figure things out, one sketch, one painting at a time. It's like we're having this conversation across time, each adding our own little piece to the puzzle.