Essay On Piet Mondrian

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Piet Mondrian became known as an official artist in 1892, after he attended school and became a teacher. Famous artists like Van Gogh, and Picasso influenced Mondrian greatly. Mondrian sampled out two art movements, Post-Impressionism, and Cubism, before finding the right art movement for his style of painting. Mondrian originally emerged as a Post-Impressionist artist, after that a Cubist artist, then as a De Stijl artist, and eventually a Neo-Plasticism artist.
When Mondrian first emerged as an artist, Post-Impressionism had already started to become famous. Artists like Picasso and Van Gogh influenced his time in the movement tremendously. Characteristics of this work include vivid, unnatural colors, emphasis on geometric shapes, and thick paint application. Mondrian …show more content…

Characteristics that describe this movement include abstraction, and simplified forms and colors. Most of Mondrian’s work lies in the De Stijl art movement. For example, Mondrian’s work titled Composition No. 10, created in 1942, has the dimensions of 73 by 79.5 centimeters and it’s made from oil place on a canvas. This piece has multiple characters from the De Stijl style like the basic colors and lines. De stijl also paved the path for the Neo-Plasticism movement. De Stijl and Neo-Plasticism has a lot of similar pieces, expect for the fact that they have different creators.
Mondrian founded the art movement titled Neo-Plasticism in. This art movement and the De Stijl art movement have extremely similar characteristics. Both of these movements involve black vertical and horizontal lines, basic shapes, and the use of primary colors. An example of this includes Mondrian’s Composition With Red, Yellow, and Blue, created in 1935 to 1942 with oil on canvas, has the dimensions of 46 by 46 centimeters. This piece includes primary colors, horizontal and vertical black lines, and basic shapes. Mondrian last worked in this

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