Exhibition of Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), a distinguished painter modernist of the twentieth century — was opened on the Crimean Shaft

TG, September 14 @November 24. 2013
Moscow, Krimsky Val, 10, halls 80-82

Tretyakov gallery shows the first exhibition of Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) — outstanding artist-модерниста of the twentieth century. Piet Mondrian is considered one of the founders of abstract art, like his contemporaries @. Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich, whose works are presented in the main exhibition in the Tretyakov gallery on the Crimean Valu@

About 40 works from the Municipal Museum of the Hague, included in the exhibition, indicate the path of development of creativity from Mondrian's early works from the late nineteenth century to the late abstractions 1930-х, — the way the author, who largely turned the views of contemporaries on the art. Its picturesque system of Piet Mondrian called "neoplasticism", its the same treatise, fully published in 1920 goda@

Early works presented at the exhibition, emphasize genetic embeddedness Mondrian in art of the XIX century. From the tradition of the Hague school of landscape, the legacy of which is felt, for example, in "Rural house with a linen rope" (CA. 1897), passing through the short-impressionism, from the mid 1900-х he turned to the motives and artistically-выразительным qualities of art Nouveau and symbolism. At this time, Mondrian was fascinated by the Theosophical theories of Rudolf Steiner and Helena Blavatsky, which largely determined the symbolism and nature of images of his paintings. This influence is apparent in the work of "Piety" (1908).

in the second half of 1900-х years in the painting of Piet Mondrian motive of the relationship of the vertical (male) and horizontal (female) in feature space, the perfect harmony between which they were developed throughout jizni@

Early solutions to this problem was the scenery, which was introduced architectural motifs, is gradually becoming the main topic of the image. This development can be seen in the examples of works "Baltic mill in the evening" (1907-1908) and "Mill" (1911).

familiarity with the paintings of Georges Braque, Paul cézanne and Pablo Picasso at an exhibition in Amsterdam in 1911 and the subsequent trip to Paris, where Piet Mondrian remained until 1914 that determined his experiments in cubism. Presented at the exhibition "Landscape with trees" (1912) and "composition with the trees II" (1912-1913) show the evolution of his artistic language in the enthusiasm cubismo@

Back in Holland, Mondrian was in the circle of artists Theo van Doesburg, Bart van der Lek and the Sìklovarì of Husar, together with which in 1917 he founded the society "De Stijl". The result of the artistic experiments of this period was the formulation of ideas and laws neoplasticism@

Visual arts were announced to the plane of the primary colors (red, blue, yellow) in their interaction with surfaces "Netsvetov" (white, black and grey). The composition is built on the principle of opposition that creates a balance and harmony. The result was a painting system, the main components of which were perpendicular lines and planes of color. The unique work of this period is self-portrait (1918), fixing the image of the master at the time of creation of the painting new napravleniya@

In 1919, Mondrian returned to Paris, where he managed to gain recognition and popularity. Here was one of the landmark works of abstract art — "Composition with large red plane, yellow, black, gray and blue" (1921), who later became the most famous work master@

Mondrian was interested in the boundaries and shape the artistic image: he expanded it, and now the reality of neoplasticism was the Studio space, access to which was open to selected guests and journalists. Mondrian experimented on the formats of the paintings, as exemplified by "Composition with yellow lines" (1933), which contains on the reverse for detailed instructions on hanging in romba@

In the 1930 work-х, the role of the interaction of straight lines and they formed skeletons prevails over the color planes. These tendencies are found in "Composition with lines and color III" (1937).

In 1940, Mondrian moved to new-Йорк, where he was immediately named "one of the greatest of refugees from Europe".

Scenic and theoretical heritage Mondrian was largely determined by the artistic and aesthetic principles of the XX century — reflected in minimalism and op-арте, influenced the shape of modern architecture, design and printing art. Visitors to the Tretyakov gallery is a unique opportunity to see in the space of a single Museum several lines of development of abstract art and works of three of its prominent representatives: Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich and Basil Kandinskogo@

Источник: press-релиз TG