Kerkraam c. 1905 - 1906

Here's Carel Adolph Lion Cachet's graphite on paper drawing of a church window. I wonder about the act of creating a design for something as grand as a stained-glass window. There is a kind of quiet dedication in the work. The precision, the symmetry… It’s almost meditative. I can imagine the artist carefully measuring, sketching, and refining each line, each curve, each circle. The whole composition emerges not as a rigid structure, but more like an unfolding exploration of shapes and space. I’m sure that he was looking at medieval art and trying to learn its lessons. You can see how one section on the left has been isolated, and a pattern or design, with circles and half-circles, has been given its own space, which offers an intimate glimpse into Cachet’s process, his way of thinking through form, and the ongoing exchange of ideas that drive an artist's creativity.