Landschap, met op de achtergrond een huis 1903

This landscape, with a house in the background, was made by H. Bachmann and is presented here in book form. There's a real sense of process in the way the ink, or whatever medium, has been applied, with a kind of blurry softness that I find really appealing. It looks like a photograph, but there's an undeniable textural quality to it, like a lithograph maybe. The way the darks and lights play together creates a mood that’s both serene and a little mysterious. Look at the branches of the tree – how they reach out, intertwining and overlapping, creating a latticework that almost hides the house behind. It reminds me a little of some of the early modernist painters, like maybe a Gerhard Richter. Ultimately, art is a conversation across time, and Bachmann's landscape speaks to the enduring power of seeing and feeling the world around us. It’s a reminder that beauty often lies in the quiet, unassuming corners of our everyday lives.