The Red Tree
Artist: Piet Mondrian
Year Composed: 1910
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: Netherlands
Floor Found in Château: Third Floor
Year Composed: 1910
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: Netherlands
Floor Found in Château: Third Floor
About the Artwork
Piet Mondrian's The Red Tree is more of a realistic representation of the structure of a tree, just breaking down the colors into the basic, primary colors of red, blue, and yellow. The artist uses blue tones as the background of the painting, allowing the red and yellow colors to pop and become the focal point of the piece. Leading up to the De Stijl movement (Dutch for "The Style") and similar to his Gray Tree (1911), Mondrian began to break down these objects of nature into basic, simple elements of art: line, shape, and color.
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
The Red Tree 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: Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
Piet Mondrian's The Red Tree is more of a realistic representation of the structure of a tree, just breaking down the colors into the basic, primary colors of red, blue, and yellow. The artist uses blue tones as the background of the painting, allowing the red and yellow colors to pop and become the focal point of the piece. Leading up to the De Stijl movement (Dutch for "The Style") and similar to his Gray Tree (1911), Mondrian began to break down these objects of nature into basic, simple elements of art: line, shape, and color.
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
The Red Tree 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: Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands