Zeilboot en een kerktoren 1890 - 1946

Cornelis Vreedenburgh made this drawing with pen on paper: a sailboat and a church tower. I can imagine Vreedenburgh quickly sketching, trying to capture the essence of the scene with as few lines as possible. It's like he's saying, "Okay, here's the boat, here's the church, I got it!" The lines are so spare, so efficient, yet they convey so much. It’s like a shorthand, a visual note to himself. The artist must have observed the world around him with an eye for simple geometric forms. The church tower is a series of rectangles, topped with a rounded shape. The sailboat, just a few lines suggesting its form. It reminds me of other artists like Guston, who could say so much with just a few marks. It's like a secret language. These kinds of drawings are like a conversation between artists across time. It's a reminder that art is about seeing and feeling and connecting.