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Book SynopsisOriginally published in Dutch to accompany a 2014 exhibition at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (now Kunstmuseum Den Haag), this important survey of a pivotal period in the life of Piet Mondrian is now available in English.
Drawn to the Cubist work of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, Mondrian spent two years in Paris, from 1912 to 1914, that led him to begin experimenting with an entirely original abstract style. Using a cubist palette of grey and ochre, the artist transformed the landscapes and architectural facades of his earlier figurative works into compositional structures of increasing complexity and abstraction. Upon his return to the Netherlands in 1914, the artist exhibited the 17 works he had painted during those two significant years in France.
This volume maps Cubism’s influence on artists working in the Netherlands at that time, and demonstrates Mondrian’s central role in bridging the gap between the French Cubists and their Dutch contemporaries. Accompanying over 300 illustrations – including close details of key works – is a chronology by Mondrian expert Hans Janssen tracking the artist's development within the context of its time.
Table of ContentsContents 7 Preface Benno Tempel 9 Foreword Hans Janssen 11 Chronology 1911–1914 Hans Janssen 63 Finding Balance in Art and Music Piet Mondrian and Jakob van Domselaer’s First Compositions Keziah Goudsmit 69 The Exhibition at Kunsthandel Walrecht, The Hague 75 Glossary of Analytical Techniques 76 Composition no. i 80 Composition no. ii 84 Composition no. iii 88 Composition no. iv 94 Composition no. v 100 Composition no. vi 104 Composition no. vii 110 Composition no. viii 114 Composition no. ix 118 Composition no. x 120 Composition no. xi 124 Composition no. xii 128 Composition no. xiii 132 Composition no. xiv 136Composition no. xv 140 Composition no. xvi 142 Composition with Colour Planes: Facade Endnotes Credits
