Bomenpartij aan de overzijde van het water 1872 - 1939

Egbert Rubertus Derk Schaap made this drawing of trees across the water with graphite on paper. You can almost feel the movement of the artist's hand, the soft give of the pencil. It reminds me of being by the water, where the world seems to blur at the edges, where seeing is less about sharp lines and more about the mood that light creates. What do you think Schaap was thinking about? Maybe he was trying to catch a moment of quiet, that feeling of calm you get when you're just watching the water flow. I see something of Corot in this drawing, that same interest in capturing the feeling of a place, not just its appearance. Schaap probably looked at other drawings of similar landscape scenes and thought about how to make it his own. It’s like they’re all having a conversation across time. Art isn't about being sure; it's about looking, feeling, and keeping the conversation going.