Piet Mondrian
Composition No. 1, Gray-Red
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Modern & abstract
Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red and Gray
Piet Mondrian, 1921
A square turned on its corner, crossed by black lines and set with blocks of colour. Mondrian's diagonal format gives straight lines a sense of movement.
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About this artwork
Mondrian belonged to De Stijl and believed that the straight line tells the truth. Here he turns the canvas so that it hangs as a lozenge, its edges forming diagonals. The tilt let him explore how a painting relates to what holds it in. Most of the black lines stop short, suggesting enclosure, but one line above the blue area reaches the slanted edge and hints at space beyond the picture. Mondrian also hung diagonal works well above eye level, so that they seemed to draw in the whole wall. It is an oil on canvas from 1921, made in the Netherlands.
On your wall: Its clean black lines and blocks of yellow, blue, red and grey suit modern interiors, such as a bright living room, a studio or a minimalist study.
- Title
- Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red and Gray
- Artist
- Piet Mondrian
- Year
- 1921
- Style
- Modern & abstract
- Shape
- Square
Public domain. Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Text based on Art Institute of Chicago (CC BY 4.0).
About Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian was a Dutch painter and art theorist, born Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan and using the shortened name from 1911. He is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Beginning with figurative painting, he moved step by step towards abstraction, until his work was reduced to simple geometric elements.
Based on Wikipedia.
Canvas and printing
Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
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