Decoratief ontwerp 1874 - 1945

This is a decorative design by Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, made with graphite on paper. What strikes me is the grid—it's like the artist is thinking through the structure, almost like musical notation. Look closely, and you can see how the lines of the design are laid over this underlying structure, a sort of scaffolding, a way of thinking through the overall composition. There's a looseness and freedom in the way the forms emerge, but they are also very deliberately placed within this grid. It reminds me of Hilma af Klint, who also used geometric forms in her work. It’s like a conversation across time and space. Ultimately, art is not about fixed meanings but about the endless possibilities of seeing and thinking.