De rechtspraak van den nar 1894 - 1959

This comic strip, titled "De rechtspraak van den nar" by Monogrammist G.J., unfolds like a painterly experiment with storytelling, each panel a slightly different variation on the same theme. Imagine the artist, hunched over the paper, carefully inking each line, each character. The jester, the king, the townspeople—they're all rendered with such charming simplicity. The colours, too, feel deliberate, a muted palette that evokes a sense of history and folklore. You can almost feel the artist's hand moving across the page, searching for the right gesture, the perfect expression. It reminds me of Philip Guston's late work, where he embraced a cartoonish style to convey profound truths about the human condition. Ultimately, this artwork is a reminder that art is a conversation, a dialogue between artists and viewers across time. It's an invitation to embrace uncertainty and ambiguity, to find our own meaning in the marks and gestures that artists leave behind.