Aanlegplaats aan een kade 1890 - 1946

This is "Aanlegplaats aan een kade," a drawing by Cornelis Vreedenburgh. The delicate lines sketch out the bare bones of a quay, almost floating on the page. It’s more like a feeling than a place, right? The artist isn’t trying to trick us with illusionism. Look at how the marks build up, like a game of visual tag. The lines are light and airy, but then they get darker, denser, near what looks like a gangplank. There's a real physicality to the drawing, even though it’s just pencil on paper. You can almost feel the artist’s hand moving, trying to capture the essence of the place. This piece reminds me of Cy Twombly's scribbled drawings, where the process is just as important as the final image. It's like Vreedenburgh is saying, “Here’s what I saw, but more importantly, here’s how I saw it.” And that’s what makes art so endlessly fascinating, isn’t it?