Duinlandschap 1884 - 1927

Johan Antonie de Jonge made this landscape drawing with graphite. I love how immediate and personal sketches can be, it’s like getting a peek inside the artist's mind. Just look at the movement of the lines in the sky, they give the whole landscape a sense of drama! I wonder if de Jonge felt that drama in the landscape itself or if it was something he brought to it? This kind of mark-making feels so intuitive, you know? It makes me wonder what de Jonge was thinking about as he created this piece. Was he trying to capture a specific moment, or was he more interested in the overall mood? It's a conversation, across time.