De twee ondeugende schooljongens 1894 - 1959

Lamouche made this print of two naughty schoolboys at some point, but exactly when remains a mystery. This illustration shows the same scene, but from a different perspective each time! Like looking through the lens of a camera, the eye captures the narrative in sequences. I wonder what Lamouche was thinking when they decided to lay out the composition this way. It looks like the artist might have been inspired by comic books. There’s a playfulness in this piece through the arrangement of characters and scenes, like multiple drawings from a sketchbook assembled on the page. Lamouche’s linear style feels loose. I can see how these drawings might have been a conversation between the artist and the image, with the artist exploring the narrative through the physicality of mark-making. Each gesture embodies a feeling, contributing to the emotional and intellectual resonance of the image. We are always in conversation with artists across time, inspiring creativity. Painting is like embodied expression embracing ambiguity.