De StijlPatron Master

Piet
Mondrian

1872 – 1944Dutch

Dutch painter and art theoretician, pioneer of 20th-century abstract art, leading figure of the De Stijl movement known for geometric grid paintings of black lines and primary colors.

Selected Works

Born: 1872
Died: 1944
Nationality: Dutch
Movement: De Stijl

Selected Masterworks

Definitive works that define this master's artistic legacy.

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1942–1944

Victory Boogie Woogie

1942–1944Major Work

Kunstmuseum Den Haag

Victory Boogie Woogie is the last, unfinished work of the Dutch abstract painter Piet Mondrian, left incomplete when Mondrian died in New York in 1944. He was still working on it three days before dying. Since 1998 it has been in the collection of the Kunstmuseum, in The Hague. It has been said that "Mondrian's life and his affection for music are mirrored in the painting [and that it is] a testimony of the influence which New York had on Mondrian."

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1911

Gray Tree

1911Major Work

Kunstmuseum Den Haag

Gray Tree is a 1911 oil painting by Piet Mondrian. The work was painted on canvas on a board measuring 78.5 × 107.5 cm (8,440 square centimetres, 1,308 sq in). It is exhibited at Kunstmuseum Den Haag in The Hague, the Netherlands.

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1908–1910

Evening; Red Tree (Avond; De rode boom)

1908–1910Major Work

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

Evening; Red Tree (Avond; De rode boom) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian from 1908. It is commonly referred to as The Red Tree. The painting is an Expressionist representation of an apple tree with branches that spread wide across the canvas. The Red Tree is the first painting in Mondrian’s Trees series, which defined an important period of evolution in Mondrian’s work as he transitioned to Neoplasticism.