Landschap met twee boeren, die paarden aan de hand leiden 1891 - 1941

Leo Gestel made this landscape with two farmers leading horses with pen and ink on paper. It's like a line of code, a proposal. The way the ink scratches across the page feels honest, like a peek into Gestel’s thought process. Look at the weight of those lines! Thick and thin, they build up the forms but also let the paper breathe. The texture is all in those strokes, a conversation between the artist’s hand and the surface. See how the horses aren’t just drawn, they’re built with these confident, almost impatient marks? It’s like Gestel is saying, "Here, this is how it feels to see them, to remember them." It reminds me a little of Marsden Hartley’s drawings, that same directness. Both artists share an appreciation for the raw, unadorned line. Gestel isn't trying to give us a definitive image, but rather invites us to join in the act of seeing, of making sense of the world through simple, beautiful marks.