Brief aan Jan Veth Possibly 1920 - 1925

This letter to Jan Veth was written in Amsterdam on the 5th of February, 1920, by someone at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten. The handwriting has such an elegance, doesn’t it? Notice how the ink is consistent and the lines are fluid, probably written using a dip pen, it's the kind of process that makes you slow down. The letter, with its looping lines and consistent pressure, feels so personal, almost like a drawing in itself. I'm drawn to the way the downstrokes of the letters create a rhythm, a dance of light and dark across the page. It’s like watching someone think, the words flowing directly from the mind onto the paper. It reminds me a little of Cy Twombly’s calligraphic paintings, where the act of writing becomes a form of abstract expression. Letters like these, connecting artists across time and space, remind us that art is an ongoing conversation, an exchange of ideas and intimacies. It makes you wonder what Jan Veth thought when he received this letter, what mark it left on him.