Kerkinterieur 1905 - 1906

This pencil sketch, "Kerkinterieur," by Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, is all about the energy of line. It shows the bare bones of a church interior, nothing fussy, just the basic shapes jostling for space on the page. Look at the confidence of those strokes! They’re not timid or careful, but bold and exploratory. You can almost feel Cachet working through his idea, one line leading to the next. The blank space on the right isn't empty; it pushes the sketched lines into the forefront. There's a raw honesty here, like we're seeing the artist's thought process unfold in real-time. It reminds me a little of Picasso's early sketches, that same searching quality, a desire to capture the essence of a form with the fewest possible marks. This piece invites us to appreciate the beauty of imperfection and the thrill of artistic discovery.