Piet Mondrian and De Stijl

Explore Piet Mondrian and De Stijl from analytic and synthetic cubism to neoplasticism, tracing Mondrian's transitional to classic phases and the movement's influence on design and architecture.

Explore De Stijl, a Dutch movement founded in 1917, rooted in neo plasticity and pure abstraction through simplified black, white, and primary color fields arranged in vertical and horizontal planes.

Trace Mondrian’s development in De Stijl via the recapitulation theory, from early landscapes and flowers to the 1942 abstract self-portrait, highlighting Van Gogh and Klimt influences.

Explore Paul Suzanne's heavy brush strokes and structured forms across landscapes and still lifes, while tracing the shift from impressionism toward early cubism and the pursuit of one-point perspective.

Explore analytic cubism and abstraction through Picasso and Braque's dialogue, the African sculpture influence, and the birth of collage and deconstructed form in modern art.

Explore how synthetic cubism converts forms into planes, turning polygons into two-dimensional planes that organize a composition in modern art, with violin and guitar (1913) and the three musicians (1921).

Explore Mondrian's transitional works from landscapes to still lifes as he embraces cubism and synthetic cubism, experiments with primary colors, and adopts a bold black grid toward pure abstraction.

Follow Mondrian's shift from cubist beginnings toward de Stijl, as he develops horizontals, verticals, and rectangular fields from 1913–1918 amid World War One and evolving patronage networks.

Traces Mondrian's shift from abstraction to non objectivity via pure rectangle arrangements. Notes Kandinsky's influence and the 1920 red, blue, yellowish green composition as a precursor to his mature style.

Explore how Mondrian assimilates multiple styles, moves toward his own language, and uses primary colors, black lines, and asymmetrical balance to shape De Stijl's abstract design.

Explore Mondrian's De Stijl evolution from the 1920s to the 1930s, highlighting yellow, blue, red, white, and black compositions with lozenge shapes and primary-colored lines.

Trace Mondrian's de Stijl evolution from mature plastic language to decline in post-classical works, as New York 1941–42 paintings turn garish with colored lines and Broadway boogie woogie.

Explore Theo van doesburg's de Stijl innovations, deconstructing objects into planes and diagonals, developing counter compositions, and contrasting with Mondrian's rigorous abstraction.

Explore the De Stijl movement through key figures like Theo van Doesburg and Mondrian, examining cubist influences, abstraction, and non-objective design across early magazine covers and artwork.

Explore Bart van der Leck, founder of neoplasticism within de stijl, whose early stained-glass practice and abstract works influenced Mondrian and Theo van.

Explore how the De Stijl movement, exemplified by the red and blue chair and the Schroeder house, translates two-dimensional Mondrian-inspired grids into three-dimensional architecture.

Explore a 1915–1919 concrete building that copies Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie style from Oak Park, reflecting Van Hoff's influence while noting its lack of brickwork elegance.

Explore how Dutch architect J. J. P. Wood shaped the De Stijl movement, highlighting the gallery house as an original steel-style architectural example.

Explore how Mondrian's De Stijl translates painting into architecture, with three-dimensional translations of his work in buildings like the Schroder House and the metro Hollywood transit village.

Explore the course catalog for Piet Mondrian and De Stijl, introducing the course structure and the themes of this module.