Piet MondrianPaesi Bassi, 1872–1944Tableau no. 2 / Composition no. V
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- 633.1967
Nel frattempo, nella vita di Piet Mondrian
Tutta la vita1912–1914
Move to Paris
In 1912 Mondrian moved to Paris, where the Cubism of Picasso and Braque showed in his work almost at once: “The Sea” (1912) and his studies of trees from that year still keep a measure of representation but are increasingly dominated by geometric shapes and interlocking planes.
1912–1917
The Cubist period
Mondrian was eager to absorb the influence of Cubism but saw it as a port of call on his artistic journey rather than a destination; his Cubist period lasted from 1912 to 1917.
1913
The final break with representation
In 1913 Mondrian began to fuse his art and his theosophical studies into a theory that signalled his final break from representational painting.
1914
The war catches Mondrian in the Netherlands
While Mondrian was visiting the Netherlands in 1914, the First World War began, forcing him to stay there for the duration of the conflict; in isolation he began to create his own visual language, with works such as “Composition 10 in Black and White” (1915).
1914–1918
The artists' colony at Laren
During the war Mondrian stayed at the Laren artists' colony, where he met Bart van der Leck and Theo van Doesburg, both of whom were pursuing their own journeys toward abstraction.
