Siddende rygvendt pige 1869 - 1945

Ludvig Find made this drawing of a seated girl with pencil on paper. It's a simple, intimate sketch; a tangle of marks delineate the girl's form. You can almost see the artist figuring out the lines in real time. The girl is facing away, her arms resting on a table, so there's a sense of privacy, maybe even melancholy. It’s like a snapshot of a fleeting moment. I’m thinking about all the unseen decisions that Find made. How many times did he adjust the line of her shoulder or the curve of her hair? Each stroke builds up the image, but also holds the trace of his looking. There's something so vulnerable about that process, that willingness to be open to possibility. It makes you wonder about their relationship, and what it might have been like to sit there with her. All artists are in conversation across time, building on each other’s discoveries. This drawing is a reminder of the power of art to capture a feeling, a mood, a moment of quiet reflection.