Brief aan Andries Bonger before 1925

This letter to Andries Bonger was written by Emile Bernard. Imagine him sitting at his desk with his pen and ink, carefully forming each word in French. I wonder what was going through Bernard's mind as he wrote? Was he considering the weight of his words, the way they might be received by his friend? You can see his script is so deliberate and thoughtful, each stroke a testament to the act of communication itself. It’s a little window into the lives of artists, the conversations they had, and the connections they forged through written correspondence. Artists are always in conversation with one another across time, and this letter is a small peek into that ongoing exchange of ideas. It’s a reminder that painting, like letter-writing, is a form of embodied expression, full of ambiguity and multiple interpretations.