Piet Mondrian

Artists Project:Piet Mondrian

Molly Harrington

6/7/10

Mrs. Tang

8th Grade English

Piet Mondrian

Vital Statistics

• Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan• Piet Mondrian• Male• Born March 7, 1872• Died January 1, 1944• Died of pneumonia • From Holland/Netherlands• Dutch

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Personal Background

• Father was an amateur artist

• Uncle was a professional artist

• They taught him with the retired art teacher, Baet van Ueberfeldt

• Father wanted him to be a teacher

• Became an artist instead

Key Historical Events

• World War I began in 1914

• Had to move back to Amsterdam and stay there for the next 4 years

• All his work was in Paris but he couldn’t go back there

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Influence of the Art World

• Influenced by De Stijl magazine

• Mondrian's Neo-Plasticism is similar to artwork in this magazine

• Cubism inspired Mondrian to create more abstract art

• He did more art with shapes and straight lines after that

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Influence on the Art World

• Mondrian created Neo-Plasticism

• Was regarded even while he was still alive as the founder of the most modern art

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Stylistic Traits

• Use of Primary Colors• Black lines as borders of shapes• Geometric shapes• Fading toward the edges• Unmixed colors• Random placing• Messy strokes• Tilted canvas

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Stylistic Traits Example Art

Composition in Line and Color1913

•Black lines bordering shapes•Geometric shapes•Fading toward the edges•Random placing of lines•Medium: oil paint on canvas

Stylistic Traits Example Art

Composition Trees II1912-1913

•Black lines bordering shapes•Unmixed colors•Fading towards the edges•Random placing of lines•Geometric shapes•Messy strokes•Medium: oil paint on canvas

Stylistic Traits Example Art

Still Life With Gingerpot II1912

•Black lines bordering shapes•Messy strokes•Geometric shapes•Fading at edges•Medium: oil paint on canvas

Stylistic Traits Example Art

Lozenge Composition with Red, Gray, Blue, Yellow, and Black1924-1925

•Use of primary colors•Black lines bordering shapes•Geometric shapes•Tilted canvas•Medium: oil paint on canvas

Stylistic Traits My Original Art

• Use of primary colors

• Black lines bordering shapes

• Geometric shapes

• Tilted canvas

• Medium: acrylics on canvas

Lozenge Composition with Black Lines and Red, Blue, Yellow, and White

2010

ConclusionConnection Between Mondrian and I

• I used black lines like Mondrian to outline the shapes

• I used unmixed colors

• In my painting I have geometric shapes

• I hung my painting on its point

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What I’ve Learned

• Mondrian’s paintings are very simple

• However they take time to plan out and create

• Mondrian used tape

• Takes time to make perfect

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Most Challenging/Interesting Part

• I had to figure out the right design

• I had to know what I was going to paint what

• I taped places where the black would go but the lines still weren’t perfect

• I had to try not to get paint on the edge of the canvas

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Principal Strength

• The colors are bright

• They are simple and clean

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Principal Weakness

• There is a little too much black

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Thanks, Questions?

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