Skitser af dyreskeletter 1900 - 1905

Niels Larsen Stevns made these animal skeleton sketches, likely in situ, with graphite on paper. I love the immediacy of this sketch—you can almost feel the artist's hand moving quickly, trying to capture the essence of the animal's skeletal form. I imagine him, maybe at the Copenhagen Zoo, rapidly sketching the bones, trying to understand the underlying structure. Look how the lines vary in weight and intensity, some barely there, others dark and assertive, defining the rib cage and skull. It’s like he’s searching for the animal's ghost. I wonder what he was thinking as he drew? Was he considering mortality, or just fascinated by the animal's anatomy? These sketches remind me of other artist's studies like Da Vinci or Durer, artists all trying to understand the hidden mechanics of nature. It's all part of this incredible conversation across time.