Huis bij een kerk 1902

Gerrit Haverkamp made this etching, Huis bij een kerk, sometime between the late 19th and early 20th century. It shows a house next to a church. But, really, it's all about the lines, isn't it? A whole world built out of these tiny, careful marks. I imagine Haverkamp, bent over the plate, patiently building up the image, line by line. Think of the focus it must have taken, the sheer dedication to detail. It's like he's trying to capture not just the look of the scene, but the feeling of being there, the quiet stillness of a small town. There's something so intimate about etching, like whispering secrets onto the paper. It makes me think about other printmakers, all those artists sharing ideas across time. This piece, it feels like a quiet conversation, a meditation on place, and memory. It's a world of lines, each one a breath, a moment, a memory.