Piet Mondrian
About the artist
Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was a Dutch painter who began with landscapes and flower studies in the tradition of the Hague School, worked through Cubism in Paris from 1912, and arrived at a strict abstraction of black lines, white grounds and the three primary colours. In 1917 he was a founder of the De Stijl group with Theo van Doesburg, and he called his approach Neo-Plasticism. He lived in Paris and London before moving to New York in 1940, where he died in 1944.
We show Mondrian's route as well as where it led: a Dutch field and a single chrysanthemum beside the 1921 lozenge and the grids of 1927 and 1935. Hanger, acrylic and metal prints, cushions and blankets keep the full composition as the museum photographed it, set on white.
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About the works
Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue
1927. Oil on canvas.
Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art. Public domain: The Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access (CC0). Object 1967.215.
Museum recordLozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray
1921. Oil on canvas.
Source: Piet Mondrian. Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray, 1921. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain: The Art Institute of Chicago Open Access (CC0). Object 109819.
Museum recordComposition (No. 1) Gray-Red
1935. Oil on canvas.
Source: Piet Mondrian. Composition (No. 1) Gray-Red, 1935. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain: The Art Institute of Chicago Open Access (CC0). Object 65821.
Museum recordField with Young Trees in the Foreground
c. 1907. Oil on paper laid on board.
Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Frank Stella. Public domain: The Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access (CC0). Object 1971.220.
Museum recordChrysanthemum
1906–42. Oil on canvas.
Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.. Public domain: The Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access (CC0). Object 1958.38.
Museum record
Reproduced from public-domain museum images. Clara Mendes is not affiliated with or endorsed by the museums.