Fantasiefiguur 1906 - 1945

Reijer Stolk made "Fantasiefiguur" with pencil on paper. It's all about lines here, the kind of lines that dance and weave, never quite settling into one form, or idea. You know, the kind of drawing where you can almost feel the artist thinking, rethinking, and building layer upon layer. Look closely, and you’ll see the texture of the paper pushing through the graphite, a kind of material conversation. The way the pencil marks are so immediate, so raw, you can almost feel the artist's hand moving across the page. The overlapping lines create a sense of depth, a visual layering that invites you to construct your own narrative. Are they animals? Faces? The beginnings of some otherworldly creature? It reminds me a bit of Picasso's more playful sketches, where form is always in flux, always becoming. It’s a reminder that art is not about answers, but about the questions we ask along the way.