Taming a Horse 1930s

Cyprián Majerník made this loose, poetic drawing of a horse being tamed, using watercolor and pencil. You can almost feel the artist figuring it out as he goes, adding and subtracting lines, like a sculptor with clay. It's about the *doing*, the messy, joyful process of trying to capture something real. Look at the deep blue wash to the left – that painterly shadow gives weight to the struggle, but also feels like pure gesture. It's as if the artist is saying, "I'm here, I'm part of this, too." The paint is thin, transparent, like a veil, letting the paper breathe. But then there are these dark, emphatic lines defining the figures, making them pop. The energy reminds me of Delacroix, that same kind of raw, Romantic spirit. But Majerník brings something new, a fresh and personal way of seeing, where the art is in the searching, not just the finding.