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THE DE STIJL MOVEMENT
PIET MONDRIAN
Pieter Cornelius Mondriaan
1872-1944
Born in the Netherlands
Taught Primary School and painted on the side.
Mondriaan started his artistic career painting nature and landscapes. The style in which he painted in was
known as the Dutch Impressionistic Style, but soon evolved into Post-Impressionistic like the Dutch
Painter, Vincent Van Gogh.
Avond (Evening): Red Tree 1908
Sheepfold in the Evening 1906
In 1911, Mondriaan moved to Paris where he saw the new geometric work of cubists such as Pablo Picasso.
Weeping Woman
Grey Tree, 1912 Trees, 1912
Change emerged in Mondraain’s work were he became greatly influenced by Cubism. He also dropped the second "A" in his name, but no one really knows why.
• Notice the tree image starts to disappeared and the surface has been broken up into units through to use of vertical and horizontal lines.
Mondrian’s painting style changes from abstraction to non-objective through the inspiration of Cubism.
Tableau No. 2, 19131916
In 1914, Mondrian was visiting his home in The Netherlands when World War I broke out in Europe. He was forced to stay there until 1919. During his time back in The Netherlands, Mondrian met painters Bart van der Lech and Theo van Doesburg and architect Gerrit Rietveld. Van Doesburg and Mondrian combined to begin The De Stijl, or "The Style" art movement.
THE DE STIJL MOVEMENT
Composition with Yellow, Blue, and RedPiet Mondrian1939-42
Arithmetische CompositieTheo van Doesburg1924
Red and Blue ChairDesigned by Gerrit Rietveld1917
This movement was based on simplicity, and pure abstraction through the use of straight horizontal and vertical lines and rectangular shapes and forms. The works avoided symmetry and attained asymmetrical balance by use of primary colors (red, blue, yellow),values of black, grey, and white, strong black geometric lines on a white background. Also known as Neoplasticism.
THE DE STIJL MOVEMENT
In 1924, De Stijl architect and designer, Gerrit Rietveld designed the Rietveld Schroder House for Mrs. Truus Schroder-Schrader and her 3 children in Utrect, Netherlands. Mrs. Schroder lived in the house until her death in 1985 and now it is a museum.
The Rietveld Schroder House
In 1938, Mondrian moved to London and then New York City. Inspired by the elements, Mondrian tried to capture the many unexpected tempos, broken rhythms, and dynamic tensions of the city.
New York, New York1942
Mondrian's final completed painting. Some other elements of focus include the lights, constant noise, music, dancing, and the busy streets.
Broadway Boogie Woogie1942-43
Mondrian's unfinished piece painted just before he died of pneumonia in New York City.
Victory Boogie Woogie1942-44
Mondrian and The De Stijl movement have even influenced how design and style appear in the modern world.
10 Color Studies (Daily Grade) 2 Roughs
The Student completed and turned in a paper cutout composition based on Mondrian’s work.
The student used only squares, rectangles, and straight perpendicular lines or 45 degree angles only in the composition.
The student used only black, white, yellow, red, and blue paper in the composition.
The composition is balanced asymmetrically.
The student demonstrated good craftsmanship in the composition.No glue stains, rough edges, etc.
TOTAL0-100 0-45 0-15 0-15 0-15 0-10 100
GRADING RUBRIC:
DESIGN PROBLEM: Based on what you have learned about Piet Mondrian's life and The Destijl Movement; you will design and create an asymmetrical composition that reflects Mondrian’s artistic style and what he might create next.
Materials:Elmer’s GlueColored Construction PaperScissorsRulers
10THUMBNAIL SKETCHES
REVOLUTION
MONDRIAN'sEVOLUTION TO
Symmetrical Balance Asymmetrical Balance
Radial Balance - elements radiate from a swirl around in a circular or spiral path
Step 1: Draw 8 small interesting compositions on 4” x 4” square paper using everyday objects as your subject and contour lines.
Contour Lines are the outlines or raised ridgelines of an object. The contour lines should intersect at least THREE edges of your paper square.
Step 2: Choose 2 of your eight and Trace 3 Times on the 4 x 4 paper then, Play with Rotating your designs.
**Develop a repeating pattern that creates radial balance.**
Step 2: Examples of Rotation
Rotation Patterns:• 1-1-1-1• 1-2-2-1• Rotate one way each time (1-2-3-4)• Mirror Images (designs facing each other)
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Step 3: Trace again onto the 8” x 8” Square Paper
Step 4: Connect lines to create Enclosed Shapes and Spaces.
Shape - flat enclosed space. Measured by 2 dimensions
(2D) height and width.
Space – is the area around or between an object.
• Positive Space is what fills up the area.
• Negative Space is what is remaining or leftover.
Step 5: Trace whole composition again onto a second square paper 8"x 8".
Step 6: Use color pencils to fill in the shapes on one of your large 8” x 8” squares.
Then, cut out the shapes to use as a stencil to trace onto construction paper.
Step 7: Cut the shapes out of construction paper and neatly glue them onto the second large square
(template).
Then, Repeat Steps to Complete TWO of these compositions focused on RADIAL BALANCE.