Composition with Red, Blue, and yellow
Artist: Piet Mondrian
Year Composed: 1929
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: Netherlands
Floor Found in Château: Basement
Year Composed: 1929
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: Netherlands
Floor Found in Château: Basement
About the Artwork
Piet Mondrian gave the art world his extremely abstract Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow in 1929. Mondrian implemented the De Stijl style of art (which was actually co-formed by Mondrian) within this particular painting. De Stijl (which is Dutch for "The Style") represents the absolute basic elements of art: form, line, and color. Within his Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow, Mondrian renders the three primary colors (along with white and black) of red, blue, and yellow within the shapes. The forms and shapes of the painting are all rectangles and squares, two extremely primary, basic shapes of art and architecture. The lines within the painting do not contain any curves as they are all either completely vertical or completely horizontal.
About the Artist
Dutch abstract artist Piet Mondrian was known as one of the most well-known artists of the 20th Century (or of the 1900s). Born in the Netherlands, Mondrian's career evolved into more and more abstract figures and objects, eventually culminating into simple geometric shapes with primary colors: essentially breaking down fine art into the building blocks of painting. Mondrian's artwork, which include his Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow (1929), Tableau I (1921), and his Composition No. 10 (1942), not only influenced later Impressionist painters, but also realms outside of painting, including interior design, architecture, and fashion design.
About the Movement
Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: In a Private Collection
Piet Mondrian gave the art world his extremely abstract Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow in 1929. Mondrian implemented the De Stijl style of art (which was actually co-formed by Mondrian) within this particular painting. De Stijl (which is Dutch for "The Style") represents the absolute basic elements of art: form, line, and color. Within his Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow, Mondrian renders the three primary colors (along with white and black) of red, blue, and yellow within the shapes. The forms and shapes of the painting are all rectangles and squares, two extremely primary, basic shapes of art and architecture. The lines within the painting do not contain any curves as they are all either completely vertical or completely horizontal.
About the Artist
Dutch abstract artist Piet Mondrian was known as one of the most well-known artists of the 20th Century (or of the 1900s). Born in the Netherlands, Mondrian's career evolved into more and more abstract figures and objects, eventually culminating into simple geometric shapes with primary colors: essentially breaking down fine art into the building blocks of painting. Mondrian's artwork, which include his Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow (1929), Tableau I (1921), and his Composition No. 10 (1942), not only influenced later Impressionist painters, but also realms outside of painting, including interior design, architecture, and fashion design.
About the Movement
Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: In a Private Collection