Twee vrouwen in een paardenkoets before 1901

H.C. Louwerse made this scene of two women in a horse-drawn carriage with watercolor and brush. I'm imagining the artist, maybe on location, quickly sketching out a scene and mood. The painting is awash in muted tones, punctuated by the darker blacks of the horse and carriage. Look at those horses: such a sense of forward motion! The whole scene gives off a feeling of nostalgia, taking us back to another era. And those trees, rendered in loose, washy strokes. I imagine Louwerse, probably influenced by earlier landscape painters, quickly capturing a fleeting moment. It's like a conversation across time, with Louwerse chiming in with his own observations and insights. We’re all constantly building on the ideas and work of those who came before us, and making something new.