Artwork
Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue
Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue is an unspecified painting by the De Stijl artist Piet Mondrian. It dates from 1927 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
- Accession no.
- 1967.215
- Credit line
- Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Overview
Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue is a painting by Piet Mondrian, exemplifying his abstract grid-based style.
Subject & Meaning
The work features a grid of rectangles and squares, some filled with primary colors, conveying a sense of balance and harmony. Mondrian intended to create a universal visual language, promoting order in a post-World War I society.
Technique & Style
Characterized by thick black lines and a palette of red, yellow, blue, black, and white, the painting embodies Mondrian's shift towards abstraction, abandoning natural representation in favor of geometric forms.
Artist & collection
Artist
Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (Dutch:; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), known after 1911 as Piet Mondrian (, US also; Dutch: ), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician, who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
