Studies 1874 - 1945

These Studies were made with chalk on paper by Carel Adolph Lion Cachet sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century. I can just imagine Cachet with his stick of chalk, rapidly sketching. The image is a series of quick, almost ghostly marks. I wonder what he was thinking about. Was he trying to capture a fleeting movement, a particular pose? There's a rawness here, an immediacy. The chalk feels so tactile, so direct. You can almost feel the artist's hand moving across the page. It reminds me of Cy Twombly’s scribbled drawings, or even some of Degas’s pastels – that same sense of capturing a moment, a feeling, with just a few simple marks. It’s like they are all in conversation, these artists, across time, each inspiring the other. For me, that's what art is all about: a constant exchange, a dialogue that never ends.