Diapositiva 1
PIET MONDRIAN
Pieter Cornelis Mondrian was born on March 7th 1872
He was born in Holland and lived there for the first eight years
of his life.
His father Pieter Cornelis was a teacher.
His uncle Frits Mondrian was a painter.
The paintings that Piet Mondrian is most famous for are
RECTANGLES of WHITE and PRIMARY colors (RED , BLUE AND YELLOW),
dissected by BLACK LINES.
He did not always paint this way.Mondrians first paintings are
scenes found in real life.
The painting shown below is Avond.
Avond Evening; Red Tree (1908)
Mondrian soon became interested in CUBISM Cubism is an artistic
style in which the subject is broken into meaningful pieces.
The painting shown below, Still Life with Ginger Pot, was
painted by Mondrian in the cubist style. Because of the influence
of cubism, Mondrians paintings became more and more abstract.
1911-12 Still Life with Ginger Pot (Guggenheim Museum,
N.Y.C.)
Mondrian became friends with some other artists and together
they began the new movement, De Stijl.
The movement was called De Stijl because that was the name of
the journal that Mondrian and his friends started.
They called the movement NEOPLASTICISM and today both names are
correct.
The members of the Stijl believed the essence, the foundation of
all things could be found in the simplest form: STRAIGHT LINES AND
PRIMARY COLORS.
Composition in red
Composition in red, yellow and blue
In September 1938, Mondrian left Paris and moved to London. He
left London for Manhattan.
In NEW YORK he developed a more energetic style inspired by his
passion for JAZZ and dancing, as can be seen in the colourful
'Broadway Boogie-Woogie' (1942-1943).
He died in New York in 1944. And thus Mondrian achieved his
goal: to become one of the greatest painters in history.
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Broadway Boogie-Woogie' (1942-1943)
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MONDRIAN JAZZ
MONDRIAN JAZZ
MONDRIAN PAINTINGS
MONDRIAN BOOGIE WOOGIE
Boogie-woogie is an African American style of piano-based blues
that became popular in the late 1930s and early '40s,
Boogie-woogie is mainly associated with dancing
