Composition
1921 Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
This abstract oil painting features a grid of thick black lines dividing the canvas into rectangles of various sizes, filled with primary colors and neutral tones. A large orange-red rectangle dominates the right side, balanced by lighter blue and off-white sections on the left and bottom.
Did you know?
Piet Mondrian was a pioneer of abstract art and a key figure in the De Stijl movement, advocating for 'Neoplasticism' which aimed to express universal harmony through the reduction of forms to straight lines, primary colors, and non-colors (black, white, gray). His work, like this 'Composition', sought to create a new aesthetic language that reflected the spiritual and intellectual aspirations of the modern world, often influencing architecture, fashion, and design beyond the canvas. Interestingly, Mondrian believed that art should be purified from naturalistic representation to achieve a deeper, universal truth.
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Composition
Piet Mondrian, 1921
