Rids af en række gående kvinder med krukker på hovedet samt af hvælv og kuppel 1883

Editor: This is "Sketches of a row of walking women with pitchers on their heads as well as vaults and cupolas" by Joakim Skovgaard, from 1883, a pencil drawing on paper held at the SMK. It feels really light, almost ephemeral, like a fleeting memory captured on the page. What catches your eye in this piece? Curator: What a marvelous dance of observation and imagination, wouldn’t you say? It’s more than just a sketchbook page; it's a glimpse into Skovgaard's creative process, his very breath made visible. He's not just recording, he’s reaching… towards something, isn’t he? Like trying to hold water. Do you feel the journey he’s taking us on, the push and pull? Editor: Definitely. I notice the repetition of the figures, almost like a study in movement, contrasted with those geometric shapes at the bottom, maybe architectural details. It makes me wonder about the connection he was trying to make between the everyday and the monumental. Curator: Yes! And observe how those delicate lines build forms from apparent absences, like he is pulling them from the air, and then juxtaposes figures with structures. Perhaps the architecture represents enduring ideals and beliefs, and he shows everyday figures in the foreground like a living link between earth and the heavens? It's the soul rising above the humdrum! Now, does it leave you feeling fulfilled? Or is something amiss, missing, wanting? Editor: Hmm, wanting, maybe. It feels incomplete, like a promise rather than a full stop. Which makes me more curious about what it led to. Curator: Precisely! Isn't it delicious, that sense of the yet-to-be? Skovgaard invites us not just to look, but to dream along with him. A rare offering! Editor: I love that - dreaming along with the artist. I'll definitely carry that with me.