Groep van drie vrouwen met hoeden 1875 - 1934

Isaac Israels made this sketch of three women with hats with pencil on paper. Just look at those gestural marks, aren’t they fantastic? You can almost see him, quickly capturing the essence of the scene. I can only imagine what it was like to create this work. Maybe he was in a bustling café, quickly sketching these figures before they moved on. He must have been thinking about their forms, the way their hats cast shadows, the subtle curves of their bodies. The thin lines create a sense of lightness, almost like a fleeting moment caught in time. There's something so intimate about this sketch, like we’re peeking into a private moment. It reminds me of other sketch artists, like Degas, who captured similar scenes of everyday life. Artists have always been in conversation, exchanging ideas across time, inspiring one another's creativity. This is a kind of embodied expression, a dialogue between the artist, the subject, and us, the viewers.