To figurer i bevægelse. 1906 - 1909

Othon Friesz made this drawing, To figurer i bevægelse, on paper with pencil. The furious energy in this drawing is clear to see. The two figures are captured in urgent motion with rapid, searching lines. I can see that the artist has gone over some of the lines repeatedly, trying to define and refine the forms of the figures. What was he thinking at the time? He's working so fast! You can see he’s trying to get a sense of the pose just right, feeling the tension between the figures. The marks are quick and uninhibited, full of a palpable sense of urgency. It reminds me of some of Picasso’s sketches. Friesz is in dialogue with those artists who are working through ideas of form, movement, and expression, distilling the essence of human figures in motion.