Briefkaart aan August Allebé Possibly 1916 - 1917

Henri Wouters made this postcard to August Allebé sometime around 1916, but, of course, we have it now. It is covered with handwriting, but not in a bad way. You can see the way Wouters really went for it, pressing down hard on the pen, wanting to communicate something. The ink sort of pools in places, it is so expressive. I guess he really wanted to reach out to Allebé. I feel that, actually. I often wonder about other artists and what they are thinking, and what they are like. I bet Wouters, writing his message, imagined Allebé, and maybe that inspired him, and maybe one day, he thought, they’d be in the same room, at the same show, sharing ideas. I think all artists are in one big studio together. Even time isn’t a boundary.