Man houdt twee paarden in toom 1891 - 1941

Leo Gestel made this drawing of a man holding two horses in check with graphite on paper. Imagine Gestel’s hand moving quickly, capturing the tense energy of the scene with these restless lines. There’s something so raw and immediate about the way he's worked. I bet Gestel was feeling the pull and strain himself as he drew; the weight of those horses, the man’s effort to control them. You can almost hear the horses snorting and stamping! He repeats lines, trying to get it right, letting the mistakes become part of the image. It’s like he’s wrestling with the subject, trying to capture the essence of this struggle on paper. This piece reminds me of other artists who have explored movement and form through drawing, like Delacroix, or even some of the futurists. Artists are always in conversation, riffing off each other's ideas, and pushing the boundaries of what drawing can do. It shows how we can convey so much with just a few simple lines.