Landschap, mogelijk een duinlandschap 1881 - 1927

Johan Antonie de Jonge made this drawing, probably of a dune landscape, with what looks like charcoal or maybe soft graphite, smudged and layered on the page. It's like he's feeling his way through the scene. The marks are all about the process, right? See how he builds up the forms with these quick, energetic lines, especially on the left, where the darks suggest dense foliage. Then there's this open, scribbled area in the middle that suggests the dunes themselves. It’s not about a perfect picture; it's about the act of seeing and responding. Look at the way he lets some of the lines trail off into nothing, like whispers of form. It reminds me a little of some of Twombly's looser drawings, where the image feels like it’s constantly emerging and dissolving. These kinds of drawings are about the conversation, not the final word.