The Artwork of
Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian
• Piet Modrian was a
Dutch artist who
changed the way many
people think about art.
• Mondrian was
introduced to art at an
early age by his father
who was a drawing
teacher.
Red Tree, 1908
• Mondrian was influenced
by another Dutch artist
Vincent Van Gogh.
• In his painting Red Tree
(above), Mondrian used
similar brush strokes as
created by Van Gogh in his
Olive Trees painting from
1889 (below).
Blue Tree, 1911
• In 1911, Mondrian
moved to Paris.
• He continued to paint
trees but the paintings
became increasingly
abstract.
Gray Tree, 1911
• Pablo Picasso was
another artist who had
a big impact on
Mondrian.
• Picasso’s influential
cubist paintings like
the Woman with
Mandolin painted in
1909 (above) can be
seen in Mondrian’s
Gray Tree (below).
The Blossoming Apple Tree,
1912
• In abstract art, little
or no attempt is
made to represent
images realistically,
and objects are
often simplified or
distorted.
The Blooming Apple Tree, 1912
• In the previous image
The Blossoming Apple
Tree and in this one
The Blooming Apple
Tree, the realistic
image of the tree has
disappeared and only
the idea of the colors,
shapes, and lines of
the tree are illustrated.
Composition No. II; Composition
in Line and Color , 1913
• The idea of nature and
trees still influenced
these abstract
paintings.
Composition #8, 1914
• Mondrian began to use
geometric rectangles
and squares to make
grid paintings like
these using what are
known as Earth Tones.
Composition #10 in Black &
White, 1914
• Colors with elements
of browns, tans and
grays are examples of
Earth Tones.
Composition with Gray and Light
Brown, 1918
• Earth Tones resemble
those colors found in
nature.
Gray Lines, 1918
• In this early painting
Mondrian uses are
gray lines that tend to
fade.
Composition A: Composition with
Black, Red, Gray, Yellow, and Blue,
1920
• This painting also uses
gray color and nearly
all of them are
colored; only a few are
left white.
Tableau II, 1921
• The word Tableau is
French for “Table”
Composition with Blue, Yellow,
Black, and Red, 1922
Composition with Red, Yellow,
and Blue, 1927
Composition with Blue 1935
Broadway Boogie Woogie
1942-1943