Rijtuigen op de Dam te Amsterdam, gezien vanuit het Koninklijk Paleis c. 1893s - 1903s

George Hendrik Breitner made this sketch of carriages in Dam Square, Amsterdam, with charcoal on paper. It’s all about the quick and dirty, you know? The way the charcoal is dragged and hatched, it feels like he was trying to capture the feeling of the scene as much as the look of it. There’s this patch of scribbled marks in the lower right, it kinda looks like the wheel of a carriage and they just explode with energy. It's like he’s saying, ‘this is what movement feels like!’ The marks are all smudged and blurred, kinda like a Gerhard Richter, or even Twombly. It reminds us that art isn’t about perfection, it’s about process and feeling your way through. It’s like Breitner is saying, ‘Hey, art is just a conversation, let’s keep it real and see where it goes.'