Begegnung nach Jahren 1936 - 1938

This compelling image was made by Imre Reiner, likely in the late 1930s. It’s got this urgency to it, doesn't it? The scratchy, almost frantic lines feel like a snapshot of a fleeting moment, maybe a memory resurfacing. Look at how the figures are rendered; they're angular, almost fractured, their forms built up with these dense, rhythmic strokes. It’s as if Reiner is trying to capture not just what they look like, but the emotional weight of this reunion after years apart. The texture is everything here. The density of the cross-hatching creates a real sense of depth and shadow, pulling you into the scene. I keep coming back to the woman's outstretched hand, how it almost reaches out of the frame. Reiner reminds me a little of artists like Kirchner or Heckel, those German Expressionists who weren't afraid to use raw, expressive mark-making to convey the intensity of human experience. Ultimately, art is about these conversations across time, isn't it? It is about embracing that ambiguity, that space where multiple interpretations can coexist.