Ocean I
Artist
Piet Mondrian
(Nederländerna, 1872 - 1944)
Alternate Title
- Havet I
Date1913 - 1914
MediumGouache, ink and charcoal on paper
DimensionsBildmått: 49,5 × 62,3 cm
Ram: 71,3 × 84,2 × 3 cm
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineDonation 1970 from The Friends of Moderna Museet
Countries
Object NumberNMB 1992
CollectionsModerna Museets Vänner
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkPiet Mondrian, who had studied at the Academy of Arts in Amsterdam, was originally a landscape painter, producing clearly composed paintings of Dutch canals, farms and vegetation in sophisticated colours. In 1912 he set off for Paris, and under the influence of budding Cubism he began to stylise his motifs, peeling away all the details.In well-harmonised compositions consisting of vertical and horizontal lines he created a kind of atmospheric synthesis of the landscape - mood studies of foliage, water and so on are brought together to make pictures, admittedly related to the idioms and attitudes of Cubism, yet quite personal. 'The Sea' is typical of this period.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad på framsidan mitt på nedre kant i tusch 'Piet Mondrian' Selected exhibition history Ryskt avantgarde - Visioner om en framtid (den 14 september 2013 - den 12 januari 2014) Moderna Museet Malmö Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Givet av MMV (1972) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Givet av Moderna Museets vänner : [Moderna Museet : 22.1 - 13.2 1972]
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad på framsidan mitt på nedre kant i tusch 'Piet Mondrian' Selected exhibition history Ryskt avantgarde - Visioner om en framtid (den 14 september 2013 - den 12 januari 2014) Moderna Museet Malmö Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Givet av MMV (1972) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Givet av Moderna Museets vänner : [Moderna Museet : 22.1 - 13.2 1972]