1872 1944 Piet Mondrian He was born in

1872 - 1944

Piet Mondrian

He was born in Holland in 1872.

Mondrian’s art. He first liked painting trees. ‘Apple Tree’ ‘Red Trees’

‘Blue Tree’ ’

‘Red Tree’ ’

Mondrian was a Dutch painter who studied at the Amsterdam Academy. His early paintings were realistic landscapes. In 1908 he began using lighter colours and a few years later moved to Paris and started developing ‘cubist’ ideas in an abstract way.

Then he started to paint like this using lots of straight lines to make rectangles and squares.

He liked to paint with blue, red, yellow and sometimes black.

By the early 1920’s he had developed the abstract way of painting for which he is best known and moved to New York. Mondrian’s style is based on what he regarded as the superior horizontal and vertical lines.

He liked to listen to music called ‘swing’ when he painted.

He also lived and worked in London and New York in America.

He died in New York when he was 72 years old. This is my favourite painting.

Where do we see Mondrian’s influence now?

Have you seen these?

Browse Mondrian’s paintings https: //www. piet-mondrian. org/paintings. jsp

Create our own design in the style of Piet Mondrian http: //www. ibiblio. org/wm/paint/auth/mondrian/

Use a ruler Clear horizontal and vertical lines of different lengths. Use of primary colours and outline in black.