Landschap met huis 1891 - 1941

Leo Gestel made this drawing, Landschap met huis, with a graphite pencil on paper. This piece feels like a fleeting thought, a landscape barely registered before being swept away. The graphite is laid down in quick, almost frantic marks, capturing the essence of a house nestled within a landscape. It’s all about the process, the act of seeing and immediately translating that vision onto paper. Look at the vertical strokes suggesting the house’s walls. They’re not precise, but they convey a sense of structure against the more freely drawn lines of the surrounding landscape. Some scribbled notes beside the house add another layer. Gestel reminds me of Cezanne, capturing a scene not as it is, but how it felt to be there, a constant flux of impressions rather than a static image. It's less about what we see and more about how we see. It's this ambiguity that keeps me coming back.