Gevel van een gebouw 1890 - 1946

Cornelis Vreedenburgh made this building facade with pencil on paper, and what strikes me is how the lightness of the medium mirrors the lightness of the subject. I love that you can see the artist figuring things out, the pentimenti, the ghost marks of previous lines, it's like watching a thought take shape, which is so much of what drawing is about. See the way Vreedenburgh captures the building's structure? It is not about photographic accuracy; instead, it is about suggesting a sense of place and depth through very economical marks. That single, almost vertical line, that echoes the building’s architecture – it's both abstract and totally grounded in reality. This reminds me of the architectural drawings of someone like Piranesi, who was also interested in how marks on paper could evoke a sense of space. Ultimately, this piece reminds us that art is a conversation, a way of seeing and interpreting the world that’s always evolving.