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Lessons in Art History: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/27/2007 1:56:08 PM   
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Piet Mondrian "Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray"

  Piet Mondrian was born on March 7, 1872 in Amerfoort, Netherlands.  He studied the Amsterdam Academy of Fine Arts and in his early works he painted landscapes using pretty colors (grays, mauves, and dark greens).

      In 1908 he began to paint in brighter colors.  This was mainly because of the influence of Dutch painter Toorop.  Mondrain felt that Toorop was trying to go beyond nature and wanted to imitate that style.

      Mondrain moved to Paris in 1911 and began to try cubism.  He started out using analytical cubism and eventually he moved into seminaturlism.  He also painted several series of paintings including a series of Trees and Scaffoldings.

    Not long after, in 1917, Mondrian met Theo van Doesbug and founded De Stijl, an art magazine.  This is the time that Mondrian began to practice and develop  Neoplasticism . 
 
     Neoplasticism is the belief that art should not be the reproduction of real objects, but the expression of the absolutes of life.  To the artists way of thinking, the only absolutes of life were vertical and horizontal lines and the primary colors.  To this end neoplasticisist only used planar elements and the colors red, yellow, and blue.  The neoplastic movement happened in the 1910's and the two main painters of this movement where Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg.

He moved to New York City in 1940 and his artwork became less severe and his colors became more bright.  Mondrian died on February 1, 1944.

 





Mondrian, Piet
Composition with Large Blue Plane, Red, Black, Yellow, and Gray
1921
Oil on canvas
60.5 x 50 cm (23 3/4 x 19 5/8 in)
Dallas Museum of Art


Mondrian, Piet
Broadway Boogie Woogie
1942-1943
Oil on canvas
50 x 50 in. (127 x 127 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

EARLY WORKS:


Mondrian, Piet
Molen (Mill); Mill in Sunlight
1908
Oil on canvas
114 x 87 cm (44 7/8 x 30 1/4 in)
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague


Mondrian, Piet
Amaryllis
1910
Watercolor on paper
39 x 49 cm (15 3/8 x 19 3/8 in)
Private collection



Mondrian, Piet
Avond (Evening); Red Tree
1908
Oil on canvas
70 x 99 cm (27 1/2 x 39 in)
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague


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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/27/2007 2:00:06 PM   
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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/27/2007 3:07:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, I guess I don't "get it", in terms of the meanings and ties to Russian Suprematism.  I actually don't know anything about that, except for what you just posted.  I do like his work, however, and to me it is about color and balance, etc.  When I say that, I mean that is what I infer, and appreciate, and that is all.  So, do I try to get a greater understanding of his intent, or just enjoy it for what I have always appreciated (for the most part).  I do like his Trees and Scaffolding pieces, too. 

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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/27/2007 3:11:45 PM   
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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/27/2007 3:14:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		I like his earlier works better.. I honestly don't get just the blocks of some colors like that.. even though I know it is popular..  but curious what other opinions are?

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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/27/2007 3:19:19 PM   
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Looks like something you would see hanging in a frank LLoyde Wright house


There is a fair amount of speculation that Mondrian was inspired by Wright's early glass windows.  There is no solid basis for that, but I tend to agree the possibility is real. 

This is exactly what inspired the recent triptych I did - When Piet met Frank, or Which way is Wright?

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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/27/2007 8:56:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		I always loved the "Broadway Boogie Woogie" it reminds me of all kinds of stuff.  The stability of the other Neoplasticism is kind of appealing to me too.  The trees are my favorite, but who'd have guessed that?

As trivial as it sounds, MOndrian's late work is great fodder for teaching kids primary colors and geometry of all kinds too.  Might seem silly in light of Russian Supremitism etc. - but it's very effective.
And there's this fun thingie http://www.ptank.com/mondrian/


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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/28/2007 12:44:25 PM   
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I do like his work, however, and to me it is about color and balance, etc.
 
Absolutely, they are very elegantly balanced.  I guess the question then is: Is Modrian's work more effective as "decorative art" or as a vehicle for the Neoplastism movement, or both?
 
(Note to self: Ask Donna to lead a discussion in this forum about corrolations between abstract art and decorative arts! She'd be perfect!)
 
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Well, I guess I don't "get it", in terms of the meanings and ties to Russian Suprematism.

 
Suprematism:  to construct images that had no reference at all to reality. "The object in itself is meaningless... the ideas of the conscious mind are worthless.'' -Malevich.  What he wanted was a non-objective representation, "the supremacy of pure feeling.''
 
Neoplastism:  Neoplasticism is the belief that art should not be the reproduction of real objects, but the expression of the absolutes of life.  To the artists way of thinking, the only absolutes of life were vertical and horizontal lines and the primary colors. 
 
Suprematism paintings:
 
Black Square, Malevich
 
Suprematist Composition, Malevich
 
 
Neoplatism paintings:
 
 Theo van Doesburg (I love this one, but it might just be the architect in me!)
 
 Ilya Bolotowsky ( I like this one, too! )
 
 
 


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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/28/2007 12:48:22 PM   
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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/30/2007 1:40:32 PM   
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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/30/2007 2:00:43 PM   
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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/30/2007 2:11:07 PM   
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I haven't forgotten you, don't worry.  Doesn't this color hurt your eyes?  It makes me dizzy....okay, dizzier.....

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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/30/2007 4:23:18 PM   
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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 8/30/2007 4:32:15 PM   
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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 1/6/2008 2:01:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		Even though it has been said that Mondrian is probably rolling in his grave because of how his wourk is sometimes used to teach, I still love working with his stuff with second graders.  It's always a hit, and many of them don't even know horizontal, vertical, and (gasp!) perpendicular and abstract = non-representational, so it's a good way to introduce them to those concepts as well as review primary colors.  Yes, I even tell them it's called Neoplacsticism and let them roll that word around on their tongues for a bit and talk about why primary colors and straight lines might have beeen thought of as absolutes.  That seems like a lot for second graders, but so far on average, I only get about 2 representational pictures out of 20 ("look at my robot!"  - I love those too anyway) and I see the kids really like that the pressure that is already on them to make representational pictures go away and to only be bound by basic rules - primaries, vertical/horizontal, shapes with right angles (square/rectangle).





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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 1/6/2008 4:20:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		I appreciate that many movements in art pushed the envelope and moved art in new directions. Whether or not these individual works are something you'd want to look at every day isn't relevant IMHO. I like some Mondrians better than others. I, like many people, like Wright's windows. Why Wright would end up more accessible to the public than Mondrian I can't say (if that's true). Abstract art has always been a difficult subject unless you look at it in context, in its time, in the world it was created in. No one could say that abstract art wasn't one of the prime movers of modern art.

I have seen people in galleries walk by an abstract without caring or looking. But I have also done that and, forcing myself to go back and read the placard, am often surprised at what I was missing!! The context, the meaning, the search for...whatever the artist was trying to get at, becomes clear and I am astonished at their cleverness.

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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 1/6/2008 8:12:02 PM   
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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 1/6/2008 8:24:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		That is a paper collage one of my 2nd grade students made.  I actually gave them pre-cut rectangles and squares, but most of them wanted to further cut these - they liked the challenge of trying to get good horizontals and verticals...  I find it interesting and maybe a little telling concerning the idea of absolutes that the natural inclination is to be a degree or two off 90.

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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 1/6/2008 8:50:15 PM   
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RE: Mondrian and Neoplastism - 1/6/2008 9:50:17 PM   
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