Twee zeilboten 1890 - 1946

Cornelis Vreedenburgh made this drawing of two sailboats with pencil on paper. The directness of the line speaks to the immediacy of the artist’s encounter with the subject. It feels like a snapshot, a quickly jotted note. I love how the shading suggests a breeze filling the sails, the sharp angles cut by the pencil point give a sense of movement and speed. The paper's texture peeks through, reminding you of the physical act of drawing. It's like the artist is inviting you into their studio, or maybe onto the deck of the boat. You see this kind of raw energy in work by artists like Guston, where the process is as important as the final image. Vreedenburgh is not trying to give us a photorealistic rendering. Instead, he's capturing a moment, a feeling, an essence. Art isn't about perfection; it's about that messy, beautiful search for truth.