Briefkaart aan Andries Bonger before 1913

This postcard to Andries Bonger was made by Emile Bernard at an unknown date with ink on paper. It's really special because it's like getting a glimpse into the artist's mind, right? You can almost feel him hunched over his desk, the pen scratching across the paper, as he spills out his thoughts in those swirling, looping lines. What was he thinking as he wrote? Look at how dense the writing is, how tightly packed the words are! It gives the impression that he was bursting with ideas. There’s a kind of urgency, a need to communicate something important. Bernard was so deeply involved in the artistic conversations of his time, along with his friends Gauguin and Van Gogh. You can sense that commitment in every stroke. It's a testament to how artists are always in dialogue with each other, trading ideas and pushing the boundaries of what art can be.