Brief aan Willem Bogtman Possibly 1933 - 1938

This letter, "Brief aan Willem Bogtman," was written by Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst in 1933, using ink on paper. It’s like glimpsing into someone’s mind, isn't it? I can imagine Holst hunched over his desk, the nib of his pen scratching across the page, thoughts flowing directly from his brain onto the paper. There’s a raw, unfiltered quality here. The letter is a swirl of shapes and lines, where the words dance between legibility and abstraction. It reminds me a little of Cy Twombly, actually. Both artists share that uninhibited, impulsive mark-making, the feeling of being right there in the act of creation. Holst’s work, like Twombly's, shows how the simple act of making a mark can be deeply personal and expressive. You can sense his mood, his energy, in the loops and strokes of his handwriting. These artists open up a conversation about the nature of expression. What do you think?