Kind in den Dünen 1907

Max Liebermann must have used oil paint to make this landscape with a young girl standing in the dunes. Just look at the ochre and olive greens of the painting. I imagine Liebermann layering thin washes of color, one over the other, to create that feeling of light reflecting off the sand. The paint isn't applied thickly, but it is loose and free. What I love most about this painting is that it reminds me of paintings by other artists—a little bit of Courbet, maybe some Corot. It's like a conversation across time, you know? Each artist building on what came before, responding to the same world with their own unique vision. The way Liebermann handles the brush, so quickly and confidently, makes me think he was trying to capture a fleeting moment. It's not about perfection, but about feeling. That’s what I like about painting, it’s about a feeling and an act of translation.