Figuren bij marktkramen 1890 - 1946

Cornelis Vreedenburgh made this sketch of figures by market stalls with pencil on paper. It looks like the kind of sketch you might make whilst wandering around a city, catching details as you go. I wonder what Vreedenburgh was thinking as he rapidly captured these fleeting moments. He moves from the architectural details of the stalls, to the smaller figures standing beneath them. The repetition of forms creates a sense of rhythm and movement, as if we are turning the pages of a sketchbook. The stalls become like abstract shapes on the page. Look at how some of the pencil lines are darker than others, which could be where the artist has returned to capture something in more detail. The drawing is a starting point, a map of visual ideas that could lead to something else, another painting, or another drawing. Each artist looks at, and learns from each other, across time. It is an ongoing visual conversation.