Decoratief ontwerp 1874 - 1945

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this decorative design with pencil on paper. You can almost feel Cachet working out the composition, shifting shapes, adjusting the balance between organic curves and stepped geometric forms. I imagine Cachet’s mindset in creating this drawing, the concentration, the slight corrections, and the way his hand moved across the paper. Look at the interplay of these elements and the surface—notice the subtle tonal variations in the pencil strokes. There is such a physicality here, a responsiveness to the material. Think about how, for painters, drawing functions as a dialogue, a process of thinking through form and space. It’s a conversation with the medium, each mark responding to the last. I mean, it's also a conversation with what other artists have done. We are always in dialogue with each other, across time, inspiring new ideas. It’s a constant push and pull, and it keeps us going.