Duinachtig landschap 1905

Heinrich Reifferscheid created this landscape using etching and paper. It's so subtle, almost like a whisper of a place, isn't it? I'm drawn to the quietness of it, that hazy horizon line. I imagine Reifferscheid, standing in that sandy landscape, squinting, trying to capture the essence of the scene with a few delicate lines. You know, the way the trees sort of dissolve into the sky? It's almost as if the landscape is breathing, alive with a kind of ephemeral energy. It reminds me of some of the early tonalist painters, playing with atmosphere and light to evoke a mood. And it's through these atmospheric and subtle details that Reifferscheid speaks. There’s an intimacy to that kind of mark-making. It’s like he's inviting us into his own private world, his own way of seeing, and, of course, it reminds me that the conversation between artists never ends, as we’re always building upon and responding to each other's visions across time.