Motiv fra Karup. Storkene samler sig til rejsen. Solnedgangstid 1893 - 1917

This piece, "Motiv fra Karup," was made by Hans Smidth in Karup, Denmark, and it looks like he's used delicate, intricate lines to build this serene sunset scene. The way he's layered the marks, it feels like he's building up not just an image but a feeling, a memory. There's this beautiful tension between the stillness of the landscape and the gathering energy of the storks. You can almost feel the weight of those birds perched on the rooftop, and the anticipation of their journey. The texture he creates with the hatching and cross-hatching gives everything a tactile quality, from the rough stones of the wall to the soft, fading light of the sky. It's interesting to see how Smidth captures the mundane in such a poetic way. It reminds me of other landscape painters like Peder Balke who find the sublime in the everyday. Ultimately, it's a reminder that art is as much about what we see as it is about how we feel.