The Architect 1919

This drawing of 'The Architect’ was made by Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst. The architect is holding a model of a building in his hands, which is such an architect thing to do, right? I mean, how else would he show it to you? It's like holding the future in his hands, a real statement of intent. I’m thinking about the guy who drew this, Roland Holst, maybe he was thinking about how we build things, not just buildings, but ideas too. You know, how you start with a sketch and then keep adding layers until it's something real, something you can walk around in. The textures in this drawing are just amazing, right? You can see the lines, the grain of the paper, the way the light hits it. It's like you can feel his hand moving across the page. And you get the sense that Holst is talking to painters of the past, maybe even giving them a little nod.