Kompositionsstudie til Langelinie-billedet 1923 - 1927

Edvard Weie made this exploratory drawing, Kompositionsstudie til Langelinie-billedet, with graphite and crayon on paper. I can just imagine Weie in the studio, muttering to himself. The drawing is like a playground for the artist, a place to test out ideas and see what sticks. What if I put this zig-zaggy line here? Or a smudge of blue there? It’s like he's thinking out loud with his pencil, trying to figure out the underlying structure of what he wants to paint. You know, it reminds me of those early Kandinsky paintings, where he's just letting the shapes and colors dance around, trying to find some kind of cosmic harmony. Weie is doing something similar here, but with a bit more of a concrete subject in mind. It’s fascinating to see artists like Weie, Kandinsky, and others wrestling with representation and abstraction. They're all part of this big, ongoing conversation, pushing each other to see the world in new ways.