Figuren bij een strandstoel 1884 - 1927

Johan Antonie de Jonge made this pencil drawing of figures by a beach chair, and looking at it, I feel like I can almost hear the scratch of the pencil on paper as he worked. It's all about capturing a fleeting moment, right? A day at the beach. I can imagine De Jonge, squinting in the sunlight, quickly sketching these figures. Look at how the lines are scribbled and layered, searching for the right form. There’s a real energy in those marks, like he's trying to pin down the essence of a sunny afternoon before it disappears. The whole image feels tentative, like a memory fading at the edges. And it reminds me that painting, drawing, it's all about this conversation across time. We’re all just riffing off each other, trying to make sense of the world, one brushstroke, one pencil line at a time.