Ingelijst gezicht op een landschap met bomen en een sloot before 1902

Here is F. Müller's "Ingelijst gezicht op een landschap met bomen en een sloot," a small black and white print, seemingly plucked from a larger book. It feels like the artist was experimenting with ways of seeing. The limited palette creates a strange kind of depth and texture. Look at how the light interacts with the water, almost abstracting the scene into shapes and forms. There’s a fluidity, a process of becoming, that speaks to the changing nature of the landscape itself. The reflection of the trees in the water is so interesting, the way they blur, almost disappearing into the dark depths, it makes me think of the way memories fade and change over time. You can tell Müller was attuned to the nuances of light and shadow. It reminds me a little of Gerhard Richter's blurred photographs, capturing a sense of transience, a fleeting moment in time. Müller's landscapes invite us to contemplate the world as something uncertain, ever-changing, and open to interpretation.