Twee vrouwen op een binnenplaats tussen de huizen 1892 - 1913

Bramine Hubrecht made this drawing of two women in a courtyard with coloured chalks. Imagine the artist outside, her hands covered in chalk dust, squinting in the light to capture these figures… I find myself wondering about Hubrecht and her position in relation to the women in the scene. Is she inside, looking out? What is she trying to say about their lives and her own? There’s a softness to the chalk, a certain haze that she’s captured so well. The marks are tentative, searching, like she’s feeling her way through the scene. She’s almost touching them, but not quite. The composition is so interesting - it reminds me of other artists like Vuillard or Bonnard, who were exploring the everyday life and quiet intimacy of women. There’s a conversation happening across time, an exchange of ideas. And that’s what art is, really – an ongoing dialogue, always questioning, always searching.