Paard met tuig 1909

George Hendrik Breitner made this drawing of a horse with tack in the late 19th or early 20th century. You can see how the graphite sings and vibrates across the paper. It’s a dance of observation and mark-making, wouldn’t you say? I wonder what Breitner was thinking as he made it. Maybe he saw something in that horse, a hidden strength, or a quiet dignity that he wanted to capture. The horse isn't romanticized or put on a pedestal. It’s just a horse, doing its job, and Breitner saw the beauty in that, in the everyday. The lines are so economical, so direct. Each one seems to carry the weight of thought and feeling. It reminds me of Degas and his drawings of horses and dancers, always searching for that perfect line that captures movement and form. It's this ongoing conversation artists have through time.