Annotaties 1893

Annotations by George Hendrik Breitner invites us into the private sphere of the artist’s creative process. Breitner, working in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, positioned himself as a chronicler of everyday life in Amsterdam. But what do these fragmented notes, scribbled on what looks like a discarded piece of card, really tell us? The text includes a series of numbers, a few legible words like 'Readings from Rozin Schröder’ and other barely decipherable words and phrases. Without further context we can only speculate about their significance. This piece offers an intimate glimpse into Breitner's mind, revealing the raw and often messy nature of artistic creation. Perhaps it is a reminder that the artistic process is not always linear or easily understood. It is in these fragments, these annotations, that we find the pulse of an artist grappling with the world around him, searching for meaning in the mundane.