Mannenkop en een koets 1890 - 1946

This drawing of a man’s head and a carriage was made with pencil on paper by Cornelis Vreedenburgh. The sketch is all about capturing the feeling of movement, of forms fleetingly glimpsed. Look at the carriage; it’s all angles and quick, shadowed marks, a sense of something solid and functional. The forms are angular, but the overall effect is more of an impression than a detailed depiction. It feels immediate, like Vreedenburgh was trying to catch the essence of the scene. And then there’s the head—just a few lines, but you get a sense of the turn of the neck, the curve of the face. It’s almost like a shorthand for human presence. Vreedenburgh reminds me of Matisse, always capturing the energy of life in really simple forms. It's about gesture, not about making something too fixed or finished, leaving space for our imagination.