Trekpaard 1890 - 1946

This drawing of a Trekpaard – a towing horse – was made by Cornelis Vreedenburgh, likely in preparation for a painting. It's all about the artist’s process, isn’t it? I love how Vreedenburgh uses these quick, searching lines to capture the horse's form and the surrounding architecture. You can almost feel the artist circling the subject, trying to pin down its essence. Look at the varied pressure of the pencil, how some lines are dark and assertive, others barely there. It's like a dance, a conversation between the artist, the subject, and the paper. The beauty here is in the incompleteness, the raw energy of the sketch. It reminds me a little of Daumier's drawings – that same interest in capturing movement and the everyday. Art is always about this kind of dialogue, isn’t it? An ongoing conversation across time and between artists, each adding their voice to the mix.