The setting sun 1925

Konstantin Bogaevsky's "The Setting Sun," is made of graphite on paper, and looks like it came into being shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition. Looking at this landscape, I sympathize with the artist, and I imagine what it might have been like to create. The graphite is layered, one mark building on top of another. The strokes communicate feeling and intention. You can almost feel the artist's hand moving across the paper, trying to capture the feeling of the sun as it sets. This piece relates to other artists' interests in depicting the sublime, such as Turner, who captured the awesome power and beauty of nature. Artists are in an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. The drawing embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations and meaning.