Mondrian Evolution.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keller, Sam, 1965- editor.

Küster, Ulf, editor, contributor.

Tempel, Benno, contributor.

Gaensheimer, Susanne, editor.

Verbeek, Caro, contributor.

Riley, Bridget, contributor.

Bessen, Kathrin, 1978- editor, contributor.

Meyer-Büser, Susanne, editor, contributor.

Sarrazin, Charlotte, contributor.

Fondation Beyeler, host institution.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944--Criticism and interpretation.

Mondrian, Piet.

Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944--Themes, motives.

Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944--Exhibitions.

Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944--Biography.

Painting, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Modern.

Painting, Abstract--20th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Abstract.

Painting, Dutch--20th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Dutch.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

263 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Riehen/Basel, Switzerland : Foundation Beyeler ; Düsseldorf [Germany] : Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen ; The Hague : Kunstmuseum Den Haag, [2022]

Summary:

Marking the 150th anniversary of the artist's birth, the Fondation Beyeler will devote an exhibition to the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian. Mondrian shaped the evolution of painting from figuration to abstraction. His early work was influenced not only by late 19th century Dutch landscape painting but also by Symbolism and Cubism. It was only in the early 1920s that he began concentrating on a wholly non-representational pictorial vocabulary consisting solely of rectilinear arrangements of black lines on a white background and the three primary colours blue, red and yellow. While the collection of the Fondation Beyeler focuses primarily on works from the later phases of Mondrian's career, the exhibition will look at his development as an artist up to the 1920s and the stylistic genesis of his later work. Separate sections will deal with motifs such as windmills, dunes and seascapes, the farmstead reflected in water and plants in various states of abstraction.

Contents:

Foreword and acknowledgements

Evolution: Space and Plane Observations on Pictures by Piet Mondrian / Ulf Küster

The Concentrated Gaze / Benno Tempel

Catalogue

Looking to Piet's Beat: Mondrian's Inaudible Rhythms / Caro Verbeek

Mondrian Perceived / Bridget Riley

Ciphers of the New Era: Four Works from the Kunstsammlung Norderhein-Westfalen / Kathrin Beßen and Susanne Meyer-Büser

Piet Mondrian Biography / Charlotte Sarrazin

Exhibited Works.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, June 5-October 10, 2022, and at K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, October 28, 2022-February 12, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Fondation Beyler, Riehen/Basel, June 5 - October 9, 2022; K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, October 28, 2022 - February 12, 2023.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9783775752374

3775752374

9783775752367

3775752366

OCLC:

1336862404