Noord-Afrikaanse straat met een ruiterstandbeeld by Cornelis Vreedenburgh

Noord-Afrikaanse straat met een ruiterstandbeeld c. 1936

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drawing, pencil

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drawing

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quirky sketch

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incomplete sketchy

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hand drawn type

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landscape

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personal sketchbook

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idea generation sketch

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sketchwork

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pen-ink sketch

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pencil

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sketchbook drawing

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cityscape

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sketchbook art

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initial sketch

Copyright: Rijks Museum: Open Domain

This is Cornelis Vreedenburgh’s sketch of a North African street with an equestrian statue, probably made with graphite on paper. The way Vreedenburgh uses line here really speaks to me about the fundamentals of artmaking, that playful moment where the hand just tries to capture what the eye sees. Look at how thin the marks are, so delicate and tentative, building up the forms like a slow dance. There's a real sense of transparency and layering. The statue itself is just a few scribbled gestures, but it totally conveys the monumentality of the thing. And the way the buildings are suggested with these quick, shorthand marks—it’s like he’s mapping the space as much as depicting it. It reminds me a bit of Cy Twombly, that loose, gestural approach to capturing a sense of place. Ultimately, what I appreciate most is how Vreedenburgh embraces the incomplete, inviting us to fill in the gaps with our own imaginations.

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