Rivierlandschap met een aantal huizen, twee figuren en een boot 1836 - 1912

Isaac Weissenbruch made this landscape with pen and ink on paper. It's not just a picture, it's a record of a specific action. The artist’s hand moved across the paper, making marks that evoke the scene before us. It involved an economy of means, reducing the details of the landscape to a series of hatched lines and tonal contrasts. Consider how the ink, a humble material, is wielded to create a sense of depth and atmosphere. The cross-hatching creates visual textures that give the scene a certain depth, a certain feel. There is a direct connection between the hand of the artist and the image itself. Weissenbruch was engaging with a long tradition of landscape art, but also with the immediacy of drawing as a means of capturing a fleeting moment. The drawing's intimacy encourages us to consider the labor and time invested in its creation, and reminds us that art is not just about the final image, but about the process of making.