The development of Mondrian

Piet Mondrian is probably best known for his Neo-Plasticism paintings of primary coloured rectangles of Red, Blue and Yellow. However his early work has a stark contrast to this aesthetic.

Piet Mondrian. View of Winterswijk. / Gesicht op Winterswijk. 1898/99. Watercolor. 52 x 63.5 cm. Private collection


Summer Night / Somernacht. 1906/07. Oil on canvas. 71 x 110.5 cm. Gemeentemuseum, the Hague, Netherlands.


Landscape with Trees. / Landschap met bomen. 1911/12. Oil on canvas. 120 x 100 cm. Gemeentemuseum, the Hague, Netherlands.


Composition No.6. / Compositie nr.6. 1914. Oil on canvas. 88 x 61 cm. Gemeentemuseum, the Hague, Netherlands.


Composition with Blue, Red and Yellow / Compositie met blauw,rood en geel..1930. Oil on canvas. 28 1/2" x 21 1/4". Sidney Janis Collection, New York, NY, USA.


Victory Boogie-Woogie. 1943/44 (unfinished). Oil and paper on canvas, diagonal 177.5 cm. Gemeentemuseum, the Hague, Netherlands.