Kalenderschild van de kalender voor 1915 van Kunstnijverheidsschool Quellinus 1914

This calendar shield for 1915, by Antoon Lüske of the Quellinus Arts and Crafts School, uses lithography to make these amazing textures and patterns. Look at how the color palette is limited – just a few tones of ochre and blue. It's almost like a recipe: take a few ingredients, mix well, and see what happens. The surface has this cool, almost velvety feel. You can almost feel the grain of the lithographic stone, even though it's just a print. It gives the piece a real physical presence. And check out the detail in the zodiac symbols, or the swirls and flourishes of the border. Each mark is carefully placed, but there's still a sense of playfulness, a real love of process. The ‘Q’ motif in the center – it’s like a signature and a symbol all in one. It reminds me a little of some of Hilma af Klint's work, in the way it combines abstract forms with symbolic meaning. It suggests that art is always a conversation, an ongoing exchange of ideas across time.