Piet Mondrian was the leading artist of the 'De Stijl' (the style) movement, a group of Dutch artists who produced strictly geometric, abstract art. Mondrian's early work painted from nature became increasingly abstract. For example a series of studies of trees and their branches made from 1909 to 1913 evolved into a criss-cross of lines. However it was when he became a member of the Theosophist group that he began to paint the grid paintings with which he is associated. Theosophists saw existence in terms of harmony between male and female, positive and negative, horizontal and vertical. Mondrian's paintings embody this sense of balance.
Note: Many pieces by Piet Mondrian have been omitted from this series as they are deemed to be held in copyright.
For a broader biography see part 1 also. For earlier works by Mondrian, see parts 1 - 4 also.
This is part 5 of 9-part series on the works of Piet Mondrian:
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| 1909 Church at Oostkapelle, Nave and Tower oil on canvas 76 x 65.5 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909 Church in Zoutelande oil on canvas 63 x 69.4 cm Private Collection |
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| 1909 Flowers in the Sun Private Collection |
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| 1909 House Facade with Green Trimmed Shutters oil on cardboard 63 x 73 cm |
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| 1909 Mill at Domburg oil on cardboard 76.5 x 63.5 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909 View from the Dunes with Beach and Piers, Domburg oil and pencil on cardboard 28.5 x 38.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1909-10 Arum Lilies oil on canvas 50 x 33.5 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909-10 Golden-banded Lily ink and watercolour on paper 39 x 44 cm Private Collection |
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| 1909-10 Zeeland Farmer oil on canvas 69 x 53 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909-10 Zeeland Girl oil on canvas 63 x 48 cm |
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| 1909-10c Arum Lily oil on canvas 46 x 32 cm Private Collection |
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| 1909-10c Red Chrysanthemum on Blue Background oil on canvas 41.9 x 30.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1909-10c Spring Sun ( Lentezon ): Castle Ruin: Brederode oil on masonite 63.5 x 72.4 cm © 2012 Mondrian/Holtzman Trust c/o HCR International Washington, DC |
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| 1909-10c Spring Sun: Castle Ruin, Brederode oil on canvas 62.2 x 72.3 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Texas |
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| 1909-1910 Little House in Sunlight oil on canvas 52.5 x 68 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909c Foxtail Lily oil on cardboard laid down on masonite 74 x 99 cm Private Collection |
1909-1910 Lighthouse at Westkapelle:
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| 1908-09 Lighthouse at Westkapelle with Clouds oil on canvas 71 x 52 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909 Lighthouse at Westkapelle in Brown oil on canvas 45 x35.5 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909 Lighthouse at Westkapelle in Pink oil on cardboard 39 x 29.5 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909-10 Summer Morning: Lighthouse at Westkapelle in Orange oil on cardboard 39 x 29 cm Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy |
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| 1910c Lighthouse at Westkapelle in Orange, Pink, Purple and Blue oil on canvas 135 x 75 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
1909-1911 Beaches, Dunes and Seascapes:
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| 1909 Beach with Five Piers at Domburg oil on canvas laid down on cardboard 36 x 44.8 cm The Sidney Janis Family Collections, New York |
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| 1909 Beach with One Pier at Domburg oil on canvas 46 x 67 cm The Judith Rothschild Foundation, New York |
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| 1909 Beach with Three or Four Piers at Domburg oil on canvas 33.5 x 43 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1909 By the Sea oil on cardboard 40 x 45.7 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT |
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| 1909 Dune Sketch in Bright Stripes oil on cardboard 30 x 40 cm Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909 Dune Sketch in Orange and Blue oil on cardboard 33 x 46 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909 Pointillist Dune Study, Crest at Centre oil on cardboard 29.5 x 39 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909 Pointillist Dune Study, Crest at Left graphite and oil on paper 30 x 39.4 cm |
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| 1909 Pointillist Dune Study, Crest at Right oil on canvas 37.5 x 46.5 cm Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909 Pointillist Study with Dunes and Sea oil on canvas 33 x 43 cm Private Collection |
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| 1909 Sea after Sunset oil on cardboard 62.5 x 74.5 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909 Sea toward Sunset oil on cardboard 41 x 76 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909 Seascape oil on cardboard 34.5 x 50.5 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909 View from the Dunes with Beach and Piers, Domburg oil on cardboard 28.5 x 38.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1910 Dunes at Domburg oil on canvas 65.5 x 96 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1910c Summer, Dune in Zeeland oil on canvas 134 x 195 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1911 Dune Landscape oil on canvas 141 x 239 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
1909-1911 Church Tower at Domburg:
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| 1909 Church at Domburg with Tree oil on cardboard 36 x 36 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1909-10 Sun, Church in Zealand oil on canvas 90.7 x 62.2 cm Private Collection |
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| 1911 Church Tower at Domburg oil on canvas 114 x 75 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| Church Tower at Domburg India ink over pencil and crayon on paper 41.5 x 28 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1910 Amaryllis on Blue Background watercolour over pen 49 x 32 cm Private Collection |
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| 1910 Amaryllis watercolour on paper 39 x 49 cm Private Collection |
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| 1910 Riverface with Boat 66 x 102 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| 1911 Still Life with Gingerpot 1 oil on canvas 65.5 x 75 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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| 1911-12 Still Life with Gingerpot II oil on canvas 91.5 x 120 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2007 Mondrian/Holtzman Trust |
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| 1911c Evolution oil on canvas side panels 178 x 85 cm / middle panel 183 x 87.5 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1912 Composition Trees I oil on canvas 81 x 62 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1912 Flowering Apple Tree oil on canvas 78.5 x 107.5 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1912 Flowering Trees oil on canvas 60 x 85 cm The Judith Rothschild Foundation, New York |
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| 1912 Grey Tree oil on canvas 79 x 109 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |