Der sættes net fra en jolle 1907

Carl Locher made this print of two fishermen setting nets from a yawl—a small boat—sometime between 1872 and 1915. Just look at that sea! He captures the small boat being rocked, and the waves that crash against it with such detailed marks. I imagine him studying it, trying to understand the wave’s form, capturing its movement on a plate with these fine lines, almost like musical notations. You can almost feel Locher sitting there, trying to capture the light on the water, the fisherman's effort as they maneuver through the waves, trying to get their catch. A little sketch of labor and the elements. It reminds me of other artists who dedicated themselves to representing the sea, like Courbet, or maybe even some of those Japanese woodblock prints. Artists are always talking to each other, even across time!