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Piet Mondrian

Mrs. Hurds Class

BORN: Amersfoort Netherlands (1872)

He was 71 years old.

DIED: Manhattan United States (1944)

He was 71 years old.

Piet Mondrian began as an artist by painting realistic landscapes.

It's hard to imagine that he began as a landscape painter and was influenced byFauvism, Symbolism, andCubismon his way to his characteristic abstractions."In order to survive, Mondrian had been a painter of flowers on porcelain for practically his whole life. Perhaps this explains his hatred of nature. ... [Mondrian] suppressed curves and all greens because they reminded him of trees, which he loathed. ... In 1924 the artist broke away from Theo van Doesburg, who ... maintained that the slanted line at a 45-degree incline better corresponded to the dynamism of modern man."(Art of Our Century, ed Jean-Louis Ferrier, page 429.)

Piet Mondrian developed an abstract simplified style which combined squares and rectangles using only primary colors separated by black lines.

In his paintings there are GEOMETRIC SHAPESRECTANGLES

SQUARES

BOLD BLACK LINESHORIZONTALVERTICAL

Thick & Thin Lines

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PRIMARY COLORS

REDYELLOWBLUE

Animated ShortsBoogie WoogieHis life in animationWow! Check out these videos about Mondrian.Each video uses real artwork made by Mondrian that has been hand animated!!

ExerciseCreate artwork in the style of Piet MondrianMaterialComputerPixlr.com/editorPrinter

Instructions forMondrian Inspired ArtMrs. HurdInstructor

Go to Pixlr.com, Open the Photo EditorCreate a new image, keep it 800x600.

Name it Mondrian 1.

Make your blank canvas full screen.

Next, go to your drawing tool. Make sure at the top of your screen that fill is unchecked. Adjust your border size to 11 or so, to start. Draw a few rectangles.

Try to work on your composition, make it interesting.

Next, adjust your border size to a larger or small size and add a few more rectangles

When you have a pleasing composition, begin filling in

Some of your rectangles with primary colors. Be sure to leave some areas white.

All Finished!!!!When your canvas is just the way you want it, save your art project to use in your portfolio. :=)

Lets work!

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