Ornamenten met gevlochten lijnen 1884 - 1952

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries made this drawing with ink on paper, creating a series of woven patterns. I can just imagine the artist, maybe listening to some music, totally focused as they carefully draw each line, weaving them together. There’s a playful back-and-forth as the artist experiments with symmetry and asymmetry, with how a line curves and connects. The ink lines are sharp, precise. You can tell the artist is really enjoying the process of making, almost as a form of meditation. It reminds me of the work of Hilma af Klint, who also used geometric shapes and patterns to explore spiritual and philosophical ideas. Artists are always in conversation with each other, even across time and distance. Each mark feels like a thought, an idea, or an emotion taking shape on the page. And there's something so powerful about that.