• A close up painting of a bare tree in front of water. There are visible paint strokes. The title is in the top left in thin, white letters.
  • A two page spread from inside the book. On the left page is a painting of a cow in a field. There are visible paint strokes. The right page has the painting details.
  • A two page spread from inside the book. On the right page is an impressionist style painting of a line of trees, with a large haystack visible behind them. There is visible paint texture. The left page has the painting details.
  • A two page spread from inside the book. The left page is text about Mondrian’s paintings of trees. The right page is a painting of a bare tree in shades of grey. There is visible paint texture and the painting looks almost abstract.
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Early Mondrian: Painting 1900-1905

Early Mondrian: Painting 1900-1905

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Focusing on a prolific stage in Piet Mondrian’s early career, this volume provides a concise view of the artist’s figurative landscape painting.

Primarily made during the artist’s time in Amsterdam at the turn of the century, Mondrian's dense, small-scale paintings depict the surrounding Dutch landscape - notably irrigation ditches, canals, and farm buildings. The compositions are characterized by complex interactions of light and dark planes, which the artist forms through thick, pigmented strokes of green and brown paint. Marking the last decade of the artist’s engagement with figurative painting, Mondrian's exploration of the interrelationships between colour and space during this period forms the basis for his subsequent abstract works, whilst reflecting the artist’s lifelong interest in nature.

Centred on an exhibition curated by Karsten Schubert at David Zwirner, London, the volume includes full-colour illustrations of the exhibited paintings as well as essays by Hans Janssen and Richard Shiff.


Editor: Karsten Schubert

Format: Paperback

Size: 19.4 x 23.2 cm, 88 pages

Publisher: Ridinghouse

ISBN: 9781909932197

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