Gezicht over het water op een dorpskerkje Lalent-St.Ives 1905

Prosper-Alphonse Isaac made this drawing of a church, with graphite on paper. Look at the nervous energy of the marks, like he’s trying to capture a fleeting moment. A church in the distance, a collection of boats, all rendered with this delicate touch. You can feel the hand of the artist moving quickly, trying to pin down the essence of the scene before the light shifts or the moment passes. I wonder if he was thinking about Corot, with his misty landscapes and love of capturing the poetry of the everyday. Maybe Isaac was drawn to the same sense of quiet beauty, the way light plays on water and the way simple structures can hold so much history and feeling. It feels like a conversation, Isaac riffing on themes explored by earlier artists. It's a reminder that artists are always in dialogue, building on each other’s work, finding new ways to see and express the world around them.