Calvinistische Strategie 1900 - 1935

Patricq Kroon made this drawing, Calvinistische Strategie, with ink; you can see the process right there on the paper. It’s like a diagram of thought made visible through quick, confident strokes. Look at the way the ink sits on the surface. It’s immediate, like he’s wrestling with an idea and it’s spilling out onto the page. You can almost feel the scratch of the pen, the dark pooling in certain areas, giving weight and shadow to the figure. The cloak has this great sense of volume through these simple marks. And the sword, standing tall, it grounds the figure, adding to the overall tension in the piece. This reminds me a bit of Honoré Daumier, both artists using caricature to critique society, unafraid to use their pens like weapons. It’s a reminder that art doesn’t always have to be pretty; sometimes, it needs to be a punch in the gut, an invitation to question.