Gezicht op een molen op een heuvel before 1902

This piece, titled 'Gezicht op een molen op een heuvel', gives us a glimpse into Th. u. O. Hofmeister’s world, using monochrome tones to paint a landscape where the land meets the sky. The texture seems almost like a memory, a faded photograph that’s been loved a little too much. There’s a softness, especially in the way the light is handled around the windmill. It's not about sharp edges but about a kind of blending, a smoothing of the world, like a half-remembered dream. I keep coming back to that windmill, perched up there, almost like a silent observer, and the way the landscape seems to rise up to meet it. It reminds me a little of the quiet, contemplative landscapes of someone like Caspar David Friedrich, that same sense of nature holding secrets. Art isn’t just about showing us what’s there, but also hinting at what could be, what we might feel if we really let ourselves look.