Tag Archives: Piet Mondrian
“Study of Trees,” Piet Mondrian, 1912
Crayon on paper.
Drawing for St. Jacob Church by Piet Mondrian, circa 1898
Charcoal on paper.
“Farm Near Duivendrecht,” Piet Mondrian, 1916
Oil on canvas.
“Field With Trees,” Piet Mondrian, 1906
“Evolution,” Piet Mondrian, 1911
Oil on canvas.
“Line of Trees in Marshy Landscape, Near Duivendrecht,” Piet Mondrian, circa 1905
Chalk and watercolor on paper.
“Lighthouse Near Westkapelle,” Piet Mondrian, 1909
Oil on canvas.
“The Red Mill,” Piet Mondrian, 1911
Oil on canvas.
“Give me my passage home …”
Give me my passage home, let me see that harbour once again, just as it was before I learned the bad words. Patriarchs wiser than Abraham mended their nets on the modest wharf; white and wonderful things undressed on the sand dunes; sunset glittered on the plate-glass windows of the Marine Biological Station; far off on the extreme horizon, a whale spouted. Look, Uncle, look. They have broken my glasses and I have lost my silver whistle. Pick me up, Uncle; let little Johnny ride away on your massive shoulders to recover his green kingdom, where the steam rollers are as friendly as the farm dogs …
— excerpt from W. H. Auden’s The Sea and the Mirror
“Lighthouse near Westkapelle,” Piet Mondrian, 1910