Spoor- en riviergezicht tegen de achtergrond van een bebosd berglandschap nabij het station van Rübeland c. 1903

This photograph by Frits Freerks Fontein Fz. captures a landscape near the Rübeland station. Imagine the photographer positioning their camera, carefully composing the scene to capture the tracks cutting through the landscape. I find myself thinking about the quiet presence of the landscape itself. Look at the way the river meanders, reflecting the sky in its surface. There is an invitation here, a quiet sense of exploration that reminds me of earlier landscape painters. Artists are always in conversation with each other, building on what came before, and expanding the possibilities of what painting can be. It's a beautiful thing, this ongoing dialogue through images. It's a connection that transcends time.