In the 1920s, Mondrian began to create the definitive abstract paintings for which he is best known. He limited his palette to white, black, gray, and the three primary colors, with the composition constructed from thick, black horizontal and vertical lines that delineated the outlines of the various rectangles of color or reserve. The simplification of the pictorial elements was essential for Mondrian's creation of a new abstract art, distinct from Cubism and Futurism. The assorted blocks of color and lines of differing width create rhythms that ebb and flow across the surface of the canvas, echoing the varied rhythm of modern life. The composition is asymmetrical, as in all of his mature paintings, with one large dominant block of color, here red, balanced by distribution of the smaller blocks of yellow, blue gray, and white around it. This style has been quoted by many artists and designers in all aspects of culture since the 1920s.
Piet Mondrian • Painting, 1921, 95.7×95.1 cm
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About the artwork
Art form: Painting
Style of art: Abstractionism
Technique: Oil
Materials: Canvas
Date of creation: 1921
Size: 95.7×95.1 cm
Location: The Hague municipal Museum, The Hague
Artwork in selections: 13 selections
Exhibitions history
The Opening Of The Mondrian. Amsterdam, Paris, London, New York
June 3 − September 24, 2017
The Hague municipal Museum, Stadhouderslaan 41, 2517
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Mondrian's mature works embody his search for the visual expression of universal principles. He went from painting "natural reality" to "abstract reality," which more clearly conveyed the essential relationships that underlie all things. For him, linear geometry and primary color give "a far
more intense expression than natural form and color." He wrote: "All things are parts of a whole. Everything is constituted by relation and reciprocity. Color exists only through another color, dimension is defined by "another" dimension. This is why I say that relation is the principal thing." Details
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Piet Mondrian
Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Gray and Blue
Piet Mondrian- Date: 1921
- Style: Neoplasticism
- Genre: abstract
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Piet Mondrian Famous works
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At Work / On the Land • 1898
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Wood with Beech Trees • 1899
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Mill of Heeswijk Sun • 1904
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Mill in the evening • 1905
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Geinrust Farm, Compositional Study • 1906
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Stammer Mill with Streaked Sky • 1905-1906 -
Mill in Sunlight: The Winkel Mill • 1908
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View from the Dunes with Beach and Piers • 1909
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The Gray Tree • 1911
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Composition with Oval in Color Planes II • 1914
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Composition in Color A • 1917
- Composition with Gray and Light Brown • 1918
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Composition with Grid IX • 1919
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Tableau I • 1921
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Composition A • 1923
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Composition No.10 • 1939-1942
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New York City I • 1942
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Broadway Boogie Woogie • 1942-1943
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Place de la Concorde • 1938-1943
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