Mondrian and Colour
May 24, 2014 - Sep 21, 2014
鈥業 wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects.鈥� Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian changed painting. The twentieth century Dutch artist moved from depicting reality to pioneer something completely new and controversial, abstraction.
His most famous works, the 鈥榞rids鈥� use simple lines and the primary colours red, yellow and blue to create a 鈥榰niversal harmony鈥�, separating colour and subject from reality, transforming the material world into something spiritual.
70 years after Mondrian鈥檚 death, get beneath the grid and trace Mondrian鈥檚 journey to abstraction through colour. Colour underpinned Mondrian鈥檚 work, from the early days painting landscapes in the Netherlands, to the later works where colour was separated from its function of creating shading or volume.
See over 50 works spanning Mondrian鈥檚 journey, many from the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, which holds the largest collection of Mondrian鈥檚 paintings, along with exhibits from museums and private collections in Europe and the USA.
Piet Mondrian changed painting. The twentieth century Dutch artist moved from depicting reality to pioneer something completely new and controversial, abstraction.
His most famous works, the 鈥榞rids鈥� use simple lines and the primary colours red, yellow and blue to create a 鈥榰niversal harmony鈥�, separating colour and subject from reality, transforming the material world into something spiritual.
70 years after Mondrian鈥檚 death, get beneath the grid and trace Mondrian鈥檚 journey to abstraction through colour. Colour underpinned Mondrian鈥檚 work, from the early days painting landscapes in the Netherlands, to the later works where colour was separated from its function of creating shading or volume.
See over 50 works spanning Mondrian鈥檚 journey, many from the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, which holds the largest collection of Mondrian鈥檚 paintings, along with exhibits from museums and private collections in Europe and the USA.
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鈥業 wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects.鈥� Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian changed painting. The twentieth century Dutch artist moved from depicting reality to pioneer something completely new and controversial, abstraction.
His most famous works, the 鈥榞rids鈥� use simple lines and the primary colours red, yellow and blue to create a 鈥榰niversal harmony鈥�, separating colour and subject from reality, transforming the material world into something spiritual.
70 years after Mondrian鈥檚 death, get beneath the grid and trace Mondrian鈥檚 journey to abstraction through colour. Colour underpinned Mondrian鈥檚 work, from the early days painting landscapes in the Netherlands, to the later works where colour was separated from its function of creating shading or volume.
See over 50 works spanning Mondrian鈥檚 journey, many from the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, which holds the largest collection of Mondrian鈥檚 paintings, along with exhibits from museums and private collections in Europe and the USA.
Piet Mondrian changed painting. The twentieth century Dutch artist moved from depicting reality to pioneer something completely new and controversial, abstraction.
His most famous works, the 鈥榞rids鈥� use simple lines and the primary colours red, yellow and blue to create a 鈥榰niversal harmony鈥�, separating colour and subject from reality, transforming the material world into something spiritual.
70 years after Mondrian鈥檚 death, get beneath the grid and trace Mondrian鈥檚 journey to abstraction through colour. Colour underpinned Mondrian鈥檚 work, from the early days painting landscapes in the Netherlands, to the later works where colour was separated from its function of creating shading or volume.
See over 50 works spanning Mondrian鈥檚 journey, many from the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, which holds the largest collection of Mondrian鈥檚 paintings, along with exhibits from museums and private collections in Europe and the USA.
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