Gezicht op bebouwing c. 1903

George Hendrik Breitner made this drawing, Gezicht op bebouwing, with pencil. The artist is searching for the right line in front of us. It’s all there in a kind of scribbled shorthand. I love how the marks feel both descriptive and like pure gesture. Look at the darker area at the top, those sharp, repeated strokes. There’s something so satisfying about the way those lines echo the architecture while also being their own little abstract party. You get a real sense of the artist grappling with the scene, trying to capture something fleeting. It reminds me of the drawings of Cy Twombly in its raw energy. It’s a reminder that art isn’t always about perfection. Sometimes, it’s about the beauty of the search itself.