Siddende, nøgen kvinde 1900 - 1905

Karl Isakson made this drawing of a seated nude woman with pencil on paper. Imagine Isakson with his stick of graphite, quickly capturing the essence of the figure before him. The lines are so spare, so few, but they give us everything. What was he thinking as he drew each line? Was he trying to capture the weight of the body, the softness of the flesh? The economy of the line is pretty amazing. Look at the way he suggests the curve of the back with a single stroke. I really admire how artists can convey so much with so little. This kind of work relates to the long tradition of figure drawing that so many artists engage with. It’s like a conversation across time, each artist learning from and building upon what came before. And isn’t that what art is all about? An ongoing exchange of ideas, inspiring one another to create something new?