Inquiry. Term 4. 2020

 THEME: Don’t worry, be happy

TOPIC: The Art of Piet Mondrian

JustificationPiet Mondrian used colours and links to express his beliefs, feelings, and emotions about the world.

A Snapshot

Piet Mondrian was a Dutch painter who was born in 1872. At one time, Mondrian painted realistic landscapes, but as he painted more and more, his style began to change. He started to create abstract images.

 

How did he come to paint this way? Well, the more Mondrian looked at trees, buildings and vases, the more he saw their basic shapes and colours. You can try this, just squint your eyes while you are looking at something and all the details will start to disappear. You will see only shapes and colour… no real objects. This is what Mondrian did.

 

Eventually, Mondrian’s style consisted of geometric shapes and primary colours. Every shape can be created from the basic geometric shapes and every colour can be created from the primaries – red, yellow and blue.