Zwei Lämmer 1908

Franz Marc sketched these two lambs, Zwei Lämmer, with what looks like charcoal or graphite on paper. You can almost see the artist's hand moving, searching for the form, capturing the soft, woolly essence of these creatures. Looking at this drawing, I can imagine Marc, hunkered down in a field, squinting in the sunlight, trying to capture the quiet intimacy between these two animals. The lamb standing is calling out, maybe to its mother, maybe just to the world, while the other lies resting. The beauty is not in perfection but in the raw, unfiltered expression of life. The one standing up has such a funny and peculiar stance. Marc’s work often explores the inner lives of animals. In his paintings, animals represented an ideal innocence and purity, an escape from the corruptions of the modern world. This little drawing is no different, it’s about essence, feeling, about something beyond what we see. It is part of an ongoing conversation between artists, across time, inspiring each other to see and feel more deeply.