Kompositionsstudie til Langelinje-billedet 1923 - 1927

Edvard Weie made this sketch, Kompositionsstudie til Langelinje-billedet, using graphite on paper. Weie, who lived through both World Wars, often depicted urban life with an emotional intensity that reflected the fraught atmosphere of his time. Here, we see a preparatory sketch, a flurry of lines capturing figures along Langelinje, a waterfront promenade in Copenhagen. It's as if Weie is not just drawing a scene, but also trying to map out the emotional landscape. The sketchy style, verging on abstraction, might be a reflection of Weie's experience during a tumultuous time in history. What do we see when we look at this sketch? Does it reinforce or challenge our notions about public spaces, and who gets to occupy them? The sketch invites us to consider how the artist's internal world interacts with external reality. It reminds us that even the simplest sketches can contain layers of meaning.