Gezicht op een dorp met een kerktoren 1890 - 1946

Cornelis Vreedenburgh sketched this view of a village with a church tower in pencil, at some point in his life. It’s a dance of marks, isn’t it? I can almost feel the artist’s hand moving across the paper, searching for the form of the church, the houses, maybe even the light. You can see the erasures and corrections, like a conversation he’s having with himself. What kind of line should I use here? How much pressure? I imagine Vreedenburgh outside somewhere, sketchbook in hand, trying to capture the essence of this little town. The world is full of information - how do you edit, how do you choose? It’s like he’s not just recording what he sees, but also how he feels about it. It reminds me of other artists, like Van Gogh, who used landscape to express something deeper. It’s a reminder that art is a dialogue, a conversation across time and space.