Skitser af løver og udkast til Kristushoved 1900 - 1905

This is a sketchbook page by Niels Larsen Stevns, and it's brimming with tentative lines and washes, glimpses of ideas taking shape. I imagine Stevns in his studio, flipping through the pages, a whirlwind of sketches – lions, and studies for a Christ figure. It feels like a real meditation on form and expression. Look at the lion sketches, the way he captures their muscular tension with just a few strokes. Then, that head of Christ, surrounded by a halo of radiating lines, a beacon of light emerging from the darkness. You can sense Stevns grappling with the weight of tradition, wrestling with the challenge of representing the divine. It reminds me of Delacroix, the way he used loose brushwork to convey a sense of movement and drama. It's like these artists are all in conversation, pushing each other to see the world in new ways. Painting is all about embracing those in-between moments, the messy, unresolved spaces where new ideas are born.