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 - 5 also.
This is part 6 of 9-part series on the works of Piet Mondrian:
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| 1912 Grey Tree study |
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| 1912 Landscape with Trees oil on canvas 120 x 100 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1912 Paysage ( Countryside ) oil on canvas 63 x 78 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1912 Portrait of a Lady oil on canvas 115 x 88 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1912 The Flowering Apple Tree |
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| 1912 The Large Nude oil on canvas 140 x 98 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1912 The Sea oil on canvas 82.5 x 92 cm Private Collection |
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| 1912 The Trees oil on canvas 94 x 69.8 cm Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA |
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| 1912-13 Composition, Trees II oil on canvas 98 x 65 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1912c Composition no. XI oil on canvas Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1913 Composition in Brown and Grey oil on canvas 85.7 x 75.6 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1913 Composition No. II oil on canvas Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1913 Composition No. XII oil on canvas 64 x 94 cm Private Collection |
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| 1913 Composition No. XIII / Composition II oil on canvas 79.5 x 63.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| 1913 Composition No. XIV oil on canvas 94 x 65 cm Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
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| 1913 Composition No. XV oil on canvas 61.5 x 76.5 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
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| 1913 Tableau No. 1 oil on canvas 96 x 64 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1913 Tableau No. 2 / Composition No. VII oil on canvas 105.1 x 114.3 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2007 Mondrian / Holtzman Trust |
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| 1913 Tableau No. 3: Composition in Oval oil on canvas 94 x 78 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| 1913 Tableau No. 4 / Composition No. VIII oil on canvas 95 x 80 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1913 The Tree oil on canvas 100.2 x 67.2 cm Tate, London |
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| 1914 Church Facade 1: Church at Domberg pencil, charcoal and ink on paper Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1914 Church Facade 2 charcoal and ink on paper 62.2 x 37.5 cm |
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| 1914 Church Facade 4 charcoal on paper laid down on cardboard 76.8 x 49.5 cm Stephen Mazak & Co., New York |
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| 1914 Church Facade 5 charcoal on paper 71.7 x 48.6 cm San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA |
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| 1914 Composition 8 oil on canvas 94.4 x 55.6 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2007 Mondrian / Holtzman Trust |
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| 1914 Composition in Oval with Colour Planes 1 oil on canvas 107.6 x 78.8 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1914 Composition in Oval with Colour Planes 2 oil on canvas 113 x 84.5 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1914 Composition No. IV / Composition 6 oil on canvas 88 x 61 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1914 Composition No. VI oil on canvas 95.2 x 67.6 cm Beyeler Collection, Basel, Switzerland |
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| 1914 Composition oil on canvas 120.6 x 101.3 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas |
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| 1914 Composition with Colour Planes: Facade oil on canvas 91.5 x 65 cm Private Collection |
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| 1914 Ocean 1 charcoal, ink and gouache on paper laid down on board 49.5 x 63 cm Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| 1914 Ocean 5 charcoal and gouache on wood-pulp wove paper, glued to Homosote panel 87.6 x 120.3 cm ( sheet ) Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice © 2007 Mondrian / Holtzman Trust |
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| 1914 Pier and Ocean 1 ink and gouache on paper 50.2 x 62.9 cm Stephen Mazak & Co., New York |
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| 1914 Pier and Ocean 2 charcoal, ink and gouache on paper laid down on board 50 x 62.6 cm Private Collection |
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| 1914 Tableau III: Compostion in Oval oil on canvas 140 x 101 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| 1914 Tableau No. 1 / Composition No. 1 oil on canvas 120.6 x 101.3 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas |
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| 1914 Tableau no. 2 / Composition no. V oil on canvas 54.8 x 85.3 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1915 Composition 10 in Black and White oil on canvas 85 x 108 cm Kröller-Möller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1915 Pier and Ocean 5 ( Sea and Starry Sky ) charcoal and watercolour on paper 87.9 x 111.7 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| 1915 Pier and Ocean Composition No. 10 oil on canvas 85 x 110 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1916 Composition oil on canvas, with wood 120 x 75.6 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2007 Mondrian / Holtzman Trust |
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| 1916-17 Composition in Line, Second State oil on canvas 108 x 108 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1917 Composition in Colour A oil on canvas 50.3 x 45.3 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1917 Composition in Colour B oil on canvas Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1917 Composition No. 3, with Colour Planes 3 oil on canvas 48 x 61 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 1917 Composition with Colour Planes 1 gouache on paper 48 x 60 cm Private Collection |
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| 1917 Composition with Colour Planes 2 oil on canvas 48 x 61.5 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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| 1917 Composition with Colour Planes 4 oil on canvas 48 x 61 cm Private Collection |
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| 1917 Composition with Colour Planes 5 oil on canvas 49 x 61.2 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York |