Verzameling schilderingen van beroemde meesters 1920

This is an interesting looking book. *Verzameling schilderingen van beroemde meesters* – which I gather is a collection of paintings by famous masters – and what we’re looking at is the cover! I wonder if it was designed by the same hands as the paintings collected inside? The whole thing has a mottled, textured surface that looks incredibly tactile; I want to reach out and run my fingers over it! I see a beige, sort of neutral color, and a strip of marbled blue alongside a sheet of paper with vertical lines of elegant calligraphy. When I look at this book, I think about the hands of the artist, carefully selecting materials, mixing pigments, and applying them to the surface. The process becomes a kind of dance, a conversation between the artist and the medium. And it’s lovely to think that these anonymous works may be inspiring others to create, and to keep that conversation flowing!