Bergtoppen 1892 - 1951

Janus de Winter made this print of mountain peaks, using black ink on paper. I’m thinking about how each mark, each line, is not just a record, but it’s also a decision. Look how he rendered the striations of the tallest peak with dense clusters of small, vertical strokes. It’s like he’s building form through controlled chaos, a kind of visual poetry. I imagine de Winter, carefully carving into a block, each cut a commitment. The stark contrast between black and white creates a world of light and shadow, a simplified but powerful landscape. I see echoes of German Expressionist woodcuts, a shared interest in raw emotion and simplified forms. These artists all seem to be participating in a visual conversation across time. They’re thinking about the same things – how to express the weight of a mountain, how to convey the feeling of being small against a vast landscape, how to make a mark that matters.