Christoffel Bisschop in zijn atelier, Villa Frisia, op de Van Stolkweg 13 in Scheveningen after 1903

Sigmund Löw made this photograph of Christoffel Bisschop in his studio in Scheveningen. It's a great image, dense with detail and light, showing Bisschop surrounded by the tools and outputs of his artistic process. I love the textures here, the way the eye dances between the ornate frames, the heavy drapes, and the patterned rug. You can almost feel the weight of the atmosphere in the room, the stillness of a space dedicated to creation. Look at the way the light catches the edges of the canvases, highlighting the rough, tactile surfaces. It’s like Löw is inviting us to consider the painting not just as an image but as an object, something worked and wrestled into being. This photograph is a great reminder that art is always in conversation with itself, echoing and riffing on what came before. Think of how Gerhard Richter plays with photographs, blurring the boundaries between mediums and challenging our perceptions of reality. Art isn’t about answers, but about questions, about opening up new ways of seeing and experiencing the world.