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Piet Mondrian

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Piet Mondrian began as an artist by painting realistic

landscapes.

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Piet changed the way he painted. He didn’t want his pictures to look like nature. He wanted to explore how color and line worked together.

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Over time, Piet’s work became more simple. Piet did not

use details and he only used a few colors. Can you

guess which colors he liked to use the

most?

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I hope you guessed the primary colors!

Red

Yellow

Blue

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Besides using just the primary colors, Piet liked to use:

horizontal

&

vertical

lines in his art.

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For 20 years Piet used only black, white, gray and the 3 primary

colors.

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He was always trying to find a perfect balance in his art.

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Sometimes he would change

the thickness of the lines. Other times he would place the lines

close together or far apart.

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straight lines of the

streets must have reminded him of his paintings!

When Piet was 68 years old, he moved to New York City. The skyscrapers and the

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Here are some more paintings by Piet Mondrian:

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