Composition With Red, Blue And Yellow By Piet Mondrian: Art Explained

Piet Mondrian was a pioneering Dutch abstract artist, who popularized De Stijl (or Neoplasticism) -- an entirely new, simplified concept of what art might be. In this video, we explore his revolutionary ideas through one of his most famous paintings, Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow.

Chapters:

00:00 - Evolution of De Stijl
00:38 - Mondrian's Early Work
01:20 - Windmill in the Gein
01:50 - Mill in Sunlight -- The Winkel Mill
02:12 - The Red Mill
02:45 - Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow
05:02 - Mondrian's Life
05:38 - Thanks for Watching!

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Works Cited

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“Mondrian and his Studios: Room Guide.” Tate. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate....

Mondrian, Piet. “Pure Abstract Art, 1929.” In The New Art — The New Life: The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian. Ed. and Trans. Harry Holtzman and Martin James, G.K. Hall & Co., 1986.

Seuphor, Michel, and Piet Mondrian. Piet Mondrian: Life and Work.Abrams, 1956.

Veen, Louis. “Piet Mondrian on the Principles of Neo-Plasticism.” International Journal of Art and Art History, vol. 5, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-12.

White, Michael. De Stijl and Dutch Modernism. Manchester University Press, 2009.