Piet MondrianAdapted From Presentations Created by Rock Ledge Elementary Fine Art Program, Seymour, WI

Original Source: http://www.seymour.k12.wi.us/rle/art/grade_level_units.html

Piet Mondrian began as an artist by painting realistic landscapes.

•Then Piet changed the way he painted.

•He didn’t want his pictures to look like nature.

•He wanted to explore how color and line worked together.

•Over time, Piet’s work became more simple.

•Piet did not use details and he only used a few colors.

•Can you guess which colors he liked to use the most?

I hope you guessed the primary colors!

Red Yellow Blue

For 20 years Piet used only black, white, gray and the three primary colors.

Besides using just the primary colors, Piet liked to use:

horizontal

&

vertical lines in his art.

Sometimes he would change

the thickness of the lines. Other times he would place the lines

close together or far apart.

He was always trying to find a perfect balance in his art.

When Piet was 68 years old, he moved to New York City.

The skyscrapers and the straight lines of the streets must have reminded him of his paintings!

Here are some more paintings by Piet Mondrian