Johannes ser Gud sidde på sin trone. 24 ældste og 4 livvæsner 1933 - 1934

Niels Larsen Stevns made this pen and ink drawing, Johannes ser Gud sidde på sin trone. 24 ældste og 4 livvæsner, on paper. The scratchy, looping lines give a sense of immediacy, like the artist was trying to capture a fleeting image or idea before it disappeared. You can almost feel the artist's hand moving across the page, making decisions on the fly. The lines are thin and delicate, but they create a powerful image of figures arranged on the page. The texture of the paper is visible beneath the ink, adding another layer of depth. Look at the throne, the sketchy lines suggest a kind of grandeur but also an instability, like everything is about to fall apart. Stevns's drawings remind me of Alfred Kubin, who also used ink to create fantastical, dreamlike images. Both artists embraced the ambiguity of the medium.