Piet Mondrian was a Dutch painter born on 7 March 1872 in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Piet was born into a family with artistic interests – his father was a headmaster who painted as a hobby, and his uncle was a professional artist. Piet received his first art lessons from his father and uncle before enrolling in the Royal Academy of Visual Arts in Amsterdam in 1892.
Mondrian studied at the Academy for three years, receiving instructions on genre painting and realism. He subsequently made a living recreating the works of Old Masters in museums and giving art lessons. In 1905, Mondrian’s artistic style began to move towards abstractions. He joined the Theosophical Society in 1909, which influenced the theme of his subsequent artworks.
Mondrian’s art took another turn in 1912 after he moved to Paris and became familiar with the works of Cubist artists. Due to the war breaking out, Mondrian got stuck in Holland on his visit. He co-founded the De Stijl journal in 1917 with Theo van Doesburg, promoting abstract art among Dutch artists. Mondrian moved back to Paris in 1919 after the war ended.
Around 1925, Mondrian began to gain recognition for his abstract works, receiving patronage from wealthy individuals across Europe and America. In 1938, he moved to London, where he met Peggy Guggenheim, who exhibited his works at the Art of This Century Gallery. On 1 February 1944, Mondrian died of pneumonia in New York.
Piet Mondrian is among the pioneers of abstract art and is the founder with painter Theo Van Doesburg of Neo-plasticism, also known by its original name De Stijl (in Dutch: The Style). The movement was born in the Netherlands in 1917 and was characterized by extreme formal purity. Neoplasticists realized harmonious abstract compositions based on a strict geometry of horizontal and vertical lines and used only pure colors (red, yellow, and blue) and no colors (black, gray, and white). Neo-Plasticist research aimed to transcend reality and overcome the limitations of individual subjectivities to achieve universal forms. Because of this great theoretical clarity, Neo-plasticism profoundly influenced contemporary non-figurative art and Rationalist architectural research.
What was Piet Mondrian Known For?
Piet Mondrian was known for painting landscapes in a unique Cubist style. Mondrian reduced his landscapes to elements of lines and shapes on a flat surface and used a muted palette.
What Art Movement was Piet Mondrian Associated With?
Piet Mondrian was associated with several art movements, include De Stijl (Neo-Plasticism), Cubism art movement, and Modernism.
Piet Mondrian Artwork
Below are some of the artworks of Piet Mondrian.
At Work (On the Land)
Avond (Evening): The Red Tree
Broadway Boogie Woogie
Composition A
Evolution
Irrigation Ditch with Mature Willow
Lonely tree at the Gein Sun
Mill in the evening
New York City I
Passion Flower
Still Life with Gingerpot 1
Gray Tree
Victory Boogie Woogie
View from the Dunes with Beach and Piers, Domburg
Wood with Beech Trees
All Piet Mondrian Artwork on Artchive
Artwork Name |
Year |
Medium |
Evening landscape |
1903 |
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On the Lappenbrink |
1899 |
gouache |
Passionflower |
1908 |
ink,watercolor,paper |
PICTURE NO. III |
1938 |
oil,canvas |
Place de la Concorde |
1938 - 1943 |
oil,canvas |
Polder Landscape with a Train and a Small Windmill on the Horizon |
1906 - 1907 |
oil,canvas |
Portrait of a Girl with Flowers |
1900 |
oil,canvas |
River view with a boat Sun |
1907 |
|
Schinkelbuurtje Sun |
1899 |
|
Self Portrait |
1900 |
oil,canvas |
Self Portrait |
1918 |
oil,canvas |
Small farm on Nistelrode |
1904 |
gouache,watercolor,paper |
Still Life with Gingerpot 1 |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
Still Life with Gingerpot 2 |
1912 |
oil,canvas |
Still life with Sunflower |
1907 |
oil,wood |
Study for Blue Apple Tree Series |
1908 |
oil,canvas |
Sun |
1910 |
|
Tableau 3 with Orange -Red, Yellow, Black, Blue and Gray |
1921 |
|
Tableau I |
1921 |
oil,canvas |
Tableau No. IV - Lozenge Composition |
|
|
The Red Mill |
1910 - 1911 |
oil,canvas |
Trafalgar Square |
1939 - 1943 |
oil,canvas |
Trees by the Gein at Moonrise |
1907 - 1908 |
oil,canvas |
Triangulated Farmhouse Facade with Polder in Blue |
c.1900 |
gouache,watercolor,paper |
Vertical Composition with Blue and White |
1936 |
oil,canvas |
Victory Boogie Woogie |
1944 |
oil,canvas |
View from the Dunes with Beach and Piers |
1909 |
oil,pencil,cardboard |
View of Winterswijk |
1898 - 1899 |
watercolor |
Village Church |
1898 |
charcoal,gouache,pastel,pencil,watercolor,paper |
Woman and child in front of a farm |
c.1898 - c.1899 |
|
Woods near Oele |
1908 |
oil,canvas |
Wood with Beech Trees |
1899 |
gouache,watercolor,paper |
Alberi |
1908 |
oil,canvas |
Along the Amstel |
1903 |
oil,canvas |
Anemones in a Vase |
1909 |
oil,canvas |
At Work / On the Land |
1898 |
gouache |
Calves in a Field Bordered by Willow Trees |
1905 |
|
Church tower at Domburg |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
Composition 2 |
1929 |
oil,canvas |
Composition 2 |
1922 |
oil,canvas |
Composition A |
1923 |
oil,canvas |
Composition C (No.III) with Red, Yellow and Blue |
1935 |
oil,canvas |
Composition III with Blue, Yellow and White |
1936 |
oil,canvas |
Composition in Color A |
1917 |
|
Composition: Light Color Planes with Grey Contours |
1919 |
oil,canvas |
Composition N. 11 London with Blue, Red and Yellow |
|
|
Composition N. 1 with Red and Blue |
1931 |
|
Composition No.10 |
1939 - 1942 |
oil,canvas |
Composition with Blue |
1937 |
oil,canvas |
Composition with Grid IX |
1919 |
oil,canvas |
Composition with Grid VII |
1919 |
oil,canvas |
Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Gray and Blue |
1921 |
|
Composition with Oval in Color Planes II |
1914 |
oil,canvas |
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow |
1930 |
oil,canvas |
Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue |
1922 |
oil,canvas |
Design for the Church of St. Jacob |
|
|
Devotion |
1908; Amsterdam, Netherlands |
oil,canvas |
Dune in Zeeland |
1910 |
|
Dune IV |
1909 - 1910 |
oil,cardboard |
Dune Landscape |
1911 |
oil,canvas |
Evening at Weesperzijde Sun |
1900 |
|
Evolution |
1910 - 1911 |
oil,canvas |
Lonely tree at the Gein |
1906 - 1907 |
charcoal,paper |
Untitled |
1898 |
|
Untitled |
1908 |
|
Flowers Sun |
1909 |
|
Gable Farm with trees |
|
oil,canvas |
Geinrust Farm, Compositional Study |
1906 |
|
Geinrust Farm with Isolated Tree |
1905 - 1906 |
oil,canvas |
Girl Writing |
1892 - 1895 |
chalk,paper |
Going Fishing |
1900 |
charcoal,pastel,watercolor,paper |
Head |
|
oil,canvas |
Irrigation Ditch with Mature Willow |
1900 - 1902 |
oil,canvas |
Lighthouse in Westkapelle |
1909 |
oil,canvas |
Lily |
1921 |
watercolor,paper |
Lonely tree at the Gein Sun |
1907 |
|
Lozenge Composition 3 Lines Blue Gray Yellow |
|
oil,canvas |
Lozenge Composition with Red, Gray, Blue, Yellow, and Black |
1924 - 1925 |
oil,canvas |
Meandering Landscape with River |
1906 - 1907 |
watercolor,paper |
Mill in the evening |
1905 |
oil,canvas |
Mill of Heeswijk Sun |
1904 |
|
Moored ships Sun |
1899 |
|
New York City I |
1942 |
oil,canvas |
Composición en Gris – Azul |
1913 |
|
Farm at Duivendrecht |
1908 |
|
Farm Sun |
1904 |
|
At the Amstel Sun |
1907 |
|
White Rose in a Glass |
1921 |
watercolor |
Windmill in the Gein |
1906 - 1907 |
oil,canvas |
Stammer Mill with Streaked Sky |
1905 - 1906 |
oil,canvas |
Composition II in Red, Blue, & Yellow |
1930 |
Oil on Canvas |
Vertical Composition With Blue And White |
1936 |
Oil On Canvas |
Composition No. 10 |
1939-1942 |
Oil On Canvas |
Composition blanc, rouge et jaune |
1936 |
Oil on Canvas |
Composition with Blue, Yellow, Black, and Red |
1922 |
Oil on Canvas |
Composition with Large Blue Plane, Red, Black, Yellow, and Gray |
1921 |
Oil on Canvas |
Composition with Yellow |
1930 |
Oil on Canvas |
Gray Tree |
1911 |
Oil on Canvas |
Molen (Mill); Mill in Sunlight |
1908 |
Oil on Canvas |
New York City |
1941-42 |
Oil on Canvas |
Ocean 5 |
1915 |
Charcoal and gouache on paper |
Avond (Evening); Red Tree |
1908 - 1910 |
Oil on Canvas |
Composition A Composition with Black, Red, Gray, Yellow, and Blue |
1920 |
Oil on Canvas |
Composition No. 8 |
1939-42 |
Oil on Canvas |
Composition No. II; Composition in Line and Color |
1913 |
Oil on Canvas |
Composition with Color Planes and Gray Lines 1 |
1918 |
Oil on Canvas |
Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red |
1937 - 1942 |
Oil on Canvas |
Fox Trot; Lozenge Composition with Three Black Lines |
1929 |
Oil on Canvas |
Lozenge Composition with Red, Black, Blue, and Yellow |
1925 |
Oil on Canvas |
Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray |
1921 |
Oil on Canvas |
Rhythm of Black Lines |
1935-42 |
Oil on Canvas |
Composition No. III Blanc-Jaune |
1935 - 1942 |
Oil on Canvas |
Composition with Gray and Light Brown |
1918 |
Oil on Canvas |
Composition with Yellow Patch |
1930 |
Oil on Canvas |
Amaryllis |
1910 |
watercolor |
Broadway Boogie Woogie |
1942 - 1943 |
Oil on Canvas |