Gezicht op een plein, mogelijk het Muntplein in Amsterdam c. 1900 - 1923

This is George Hendrik Breitner's "View of a Square, possibly the Muntplein in Amsterdam," a graphite drawing. The mark-making is so process-oriented, like a visual stream of consciousness. The surface is raw, immediate. You can almost feel the scratch of the graphite on paper. See how the lines vary in weight and intensity, some barely there, others boldly assertive? There's a kind of energy in that contrast. Look at the way he renders the buildings on the left, a flurry of strokes building up the structure. It's not about perfect representation, it's about capturing the feeling of a place. It reminds me a bit of Cy Twombly, not in style, but in the way it embraces imperfection and invites the viewer to participate in the act of seeing. It’s less about the destination, and more about the journey of mark-making itself.