Les Baux-de-Provence 1938

Hermann Lismann made this artwork, Les Baux-de-Provence, using bold strokes of ink. It's all about the process, like a dance between the artist and the paper. The blacks and whites create a moody, almost theatrical landscape. Look at how the ink pools and dries, creating textures that mimic the rough rocks. It's like Lismann let the ink do its thing, embracing the happy accidents. Notice that jagged, dark stroke that defines the edge of the large rock on the left, how it both separates and connects that form with what's behind it. There's something very Piranesi about it, that sense of grandeur and decay. You can almost feel the wind and the sun beating down on those ancient stones. Art’s not just about what you see, it's about what you feel, right?