Begraafplaats ten zuiden van Jogyakarta op Java 1899 - 1913

This etching of a graveyard south of Jogyakarta, Java, was made by Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp, probably while sitting right there, en plein air. Just imagine being Nieuwenkamp, squinting in the bright sunlight, carefully rendering the thatched roofs and rocky escarpments with tiny, precise marks. I bet he paused often, thinking about the people buried here, the lives lived and lost in this vibrant landscape. The way he's built up the image with all those etched lines reminds me of the constant work and attention it takes to care for a place. The graveyard isn't just a place of rest, but part of the village, a reminder of the continuous cycle of life and death. You can see how this connects to other landscape artists like Van Gogh or Cezanne, each trying to capture their own experience of being in a particular place. Artists are always in conversation, picking up ideas and transforming them into something new.