Interieur met een meisje en oude vrouw 1909 - 1948

Freddie Langeler made this drawing of a girl and an old woman in an interior, using ink, and something like a fine brush or a pen, to create all these marks. I love the way that the parallel lines describe the form of the figures and the space, but they also have this rhythm of their own. Like, look at the way the lines curve around the old woman’s dress, almost like they're dancing. You can see that Langeler really enjoyed the physicality of drawing, the way the ink flows from the pen onto the paper, and the way the hand moves to create these marks. It’s all about the process, right? The contrast between the intricate details of the room, and the bare emotion on their faces is really interesting. It reminds me a bit of Edward Gorey, that same sense of unease and dark humor. But Langeler’s work has a sweetness to it, a vulnerability, that is all his own. It’s not about answers. It’s about feeling, about being present with the image.