Studie c. 1900 - 1923

This sketchy drawing by George Hendrik Breitner feels like a fleeting moment captured in graphite. The form emerges with uncertainty, a series of tentative lines building a shape, and the question lingers: what is it? I can feel Breitner's hand moving across the page, trying to catch an image that's just out of reach. There's a simplicity here, a directness that I find really appealing. It reminds me that painting, at its core, is about seeing and responding. It’s a study, so there is not a need to be perfect, but an attempt to understand an idea quickly. It’s like leaving a message for yourself, or someone else who is also working on this kind of problem. And that’s what’s so cool about art, right? We’re all in this conversation together, across time.