Zeilboot aan een kade 1906 - 1945

"Zeilboot aan een kade" (Sailing Boat at a Quay), a pencil drawing by Dutch artist Reijer Stolk (1896-1945), captures a moment of simplified geometric abstraction. The piece, housed in the Rijksmuseum, emphasizes the basic forms of the boat and quay, using bold lines and hatched patterns to suggest the textures of wood and water. This work exemplifies Stolk's exploration of everyday scenes through a modernist lens, where the essence of the subject is distilled to its core visual elements.