Schuur met rieten dak c. 1803 - 1818

Arnoldus Johannes Eymer created this sketch, "Schuur met rieten dak" or "Barn with thatched roof", with pencil on paper. What immediately strikes you is the textural contrast. The thatched roof, rendered with a dense network of fine lines, sits atop the rougher, more angular structure of the barn itself. This contrast invites a semiotic reading, where the roof might represent a kind of organic, enveloping shelter, while the barn is a more assertive, constructed space. The composition leads our eye in a zig-zag pattern to the right, destabilizing any sense of conventional perspective. Eymer seems less interested in representing reality than in exploring the visual language of form and line. The sketch challenges fixed notions of space and representation, offering instead a dynamic interplay of visual elements.