Park bij nacht 1893 - 1943

This is ‘Park at Night’ by Jean-Louis Boussingault, and the way he's worked this print, it’s all about mood, not detail. See how the ink sits, heavy and pooling in places? It’s like he’s wrestled with the plate, wiping away at the darkness to reveal these fleeting figures, dogs, and forms in the forest. The texture is everything here. Look at how the trees emerge, solid yet dissolving into the night, almost as if memory itself is being coaxed from the darkness. That one dog leaping through the trees, it’s like a burst of energy in a world of shadows, a reminder that even in the deepest night, life is still pulsing, still moving forward. The way Boussingault has approached this piece makes me think of Odilon Redon, with the same dreamlike intensity and a similar dedication to letting the process of making guide the final image. Art is always a conversation, isn’t it? A constant exchange of visions across time.