Gezicht op het Scheveningse strand met het wandelhoofd Koningin Wilhelmina c. 1901 - 1927

Johan Antonie de Jonge made this view of the Scheveningen beach with watercolor, and you can really see the wetness of the medium in the loose, flowing washes. It's like he's capturing a fleeting moment, a memory of a day at the shore. Look at how the colors blend together – the blues and grays of the sky melting into the yellows and greens of the sand. You can almost feel the dampness in the air. There's a part in the sky above the pier where it looks like he made marks with a soft, waxy crayon and then painted over them, like little ghosts floating above the scene. It reminds me of some of Turner’s seascapes, where the atmosphere is more important than the details. It's not about a perfect representation, but about feeling the mood of the beach, the vastness of the sky, the impermanence of everything.