Lopende vrouw in een rok en een voet 1874 - 1945

Here's a charcoal sketch of a woman in motion by Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. Look how she almost emerges from the page, rapidly drawn, as though Cachet was trying to capture a fleeting moment. I love the looseness and brevity of this piece, it invites you to ask, what was on his mind, what was he thinking? The directness of charcoal on paper shows the artist’s hand so clearly. The vertical lines forming her skirt are particularly beautiful. There’s something incredibly intimate about seeing the marks, smudges, and erasures that reveal the artist’s process of creation. For me, a work like this is part of an ongoing exchange of ideas across time, inspiring creativity in all of us.