Landschap met een boom prominent in het midden 1872 - 1939

Egbert Rubertus Derk Schaap made this landscape with graphite, those soft marks dragging across the page, conjuring a world in monochrome. I can imagine him out there, squinting at the scene before him, his hand moving across the paper, trying to capture the essence of what he sees. It must have been so peaceful, the quiet rustle of leaves, the distant hum of insects. He’s not fussed with the detail, not trying to make it photographic. Instead, he's letting his hand wander, finding the shapes and rhythms of nature. You can see the energy in those lines, the way they dance and weave together. It reminds me of some of Twombly’s landscapes, that same sense of capturing a feeling rather than a literal scene. In the end, artists are always in conversation, riffing off each other, taking ideas and twisting them into something new. It’s like a big, messy, beautiful game of telephone, and we, the viewers, get to eavesdrop on the whole thing.