Architectuurstudies c. 1906

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this drawing, Architectuurstudies, with graphite on paper. The artist is trying to get something down, maybe on the run. It reminds me of the kind of drawing that artists make in their sketchbooks of details that caught their eye. It has an intimate quality. I wonder about the artist's intent. Were they preoccupied with accuracy, or were they trying to capture something fleeting? When you look at these drawings, you can feel the artist's hand moving across the page. You can see the speed and the deliberation. The graphite makes a kind of atmosphere. Ultimately, drawing like painting, is a conversation, an exchange of ideas across time. We build on each other, inspiring each other's creativity, allowing for multiple interpretations and meanings over fixed or definitive readings.