Koetsier voor gebouwen te Amsterdam c. 1914s

George Hendrik Breitner made this drawing of a coachman in front of buildings in Amsterdam with pencil on paper. Look at the way he's built up the image, it's all about process, isn't it? There's this incredible sense of immediacy; you can almost feel the scratch of the pencil as he's blocking in forms, figuring out the composition on the fly. The texture is rough, the lines are raw, and there’s no attempt to smooth anything over. See how the marks build up, how he returns to certain lines, thickening them, emphasizing the weight of the subject. It’s like he's thinking through the drawing, letting the process itself guide him. It reminds me of Cy Twombly, in a way. Both artists share a similar sense of freedom and spontaneity in their mark-making. Ultimately, Breitner's drawing invites us to embrace ambiguity, to find beauty in the unfinished, and to appreciate the messy, unpredictable nature of artmaking.