Duinlandschap 1881 - 1927

Johan Antonie de Jonge made this drawing of a Dune Landscape with graphite on paper. The drawing is all about touch, isn't it? Look how the marks accumulate, those tiny, searching lines building up the form of the dunes. It's like he's feeling his way through the landscape, one mark at a time. Up close, you can almost feel the give of the soft graphite against the slightly textured paper. See how the lines vary in darkness and pressure, some confident and bold, others hesitant and light. It's a dance of hand and eye, each mark a response to the one before, the way the artist brings the sky into the landscape with the same kind of searching mark making. This reminds me of Twombly’s sketches, where every scribble feels like a thought taking shape. It makes you think about drawing not just as representation, but as a form of thinking, a way of exploring the world through touch and gesture.