Ontwerp voor raam in het Noordertransept in de Dom te Utrecht c. 1934

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst made this design for a window with chalk, probably on paper. You can see how the artist planned the distribution of color, light and dark across the surface. I wonder if Holst was thinking about geometry? I imagine him drawing lines, then adding colour, rubbing it out, and adding more. The texture of the chalk gives it a kind of broken feel, like stained glass. The colours – reds, blues, browns – are so intense and saturated, especially next to the darkness of the black lines. It feels like a storm is coming! It makes me think about other artists interested in windows, like Robert Delaunay, who used colour and light to create abstract compositions that reflected the energy of modern life. Maybe Holst was aiming for something similar, but with a more spiritual dimension. All artists are constantly inspired by the work of others, in a continuous exchange of ideas across time. We add our own feelings, and our own experiences. It's all about embracing ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for different ideas.