Landschap met bomen te Bloemendaal 1914 - 1916

Willem Cornelis Rip made this landscape with trees in Bloemendaal, with a pencil, at some point in his lifetime. It's a sketch, right? A fleeting impression captured on paper, and you can see the immediacy in the marks, the quick flicks and scribbles that build up the forms of the trees and foliage. Look closely at the right-hand side, at the way Rip uses layered lines to suggest depth and texture in the cluster of trees. It's not about precise representation, but about conveying a sense of atmosphere and movement. The pencil strokes are so light and delicate, almost like a whisper. It feels like a conversation, the artist and the landscape, each responding to the other in a dance of observation and expression. Rip’s work reminds me of Corot’s landscapes, those silvery, atmospheric scenes that blur the line between observation and memory. Like Corot, Rip seems to be inviting us into a world of quiet contemplation, where the beauty of nature unfolds in subtle, almost imperceptible ways.