Bloemstudie 1874 - 1945

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this flower study, a 'Bloemstudie', with brush and grey wash on paper. It’s like the flower is caught in a raincloud! I love how the quick, wet strokes seem to capture the flower’s essence more than its exact appearance. See how the washes of grey bleed into each other? There’s a real sense of spontaneity. The texture of the paper becomes part of the piece; it’s not hidden. The marks around the central flower almost look like an abstraction. They feel like an emotional response to the flower, not just a visual one. It reminds me a bit of some of Emil Nolde’s flower paintings, where the colors and forms feel raw and unfiltered. It shows that art is about feeling and process, not just about perfect representation. There’s a lot of room for ambiguity, and that’s what makes it interesting.