Piet Mondrian

Amersfoort – Netherlands (1872)

Manhattan – United States (1944)

He was 71 years old.

• Piet Mondrian began as an artist by painting realistic landscapes.

Piet Mondrian developed an abstract style which combined squares and rectangles using only

primary colors separated by black lines.

In his paintings there are….

RECTANGLES

SQUARES

BLACK LINES

HORIZONTAL VERTICAL

PRIMARY COLOURS

REDYELLOW

BLUE

ExerciseCreate one of the Mondrian’s artwork.

MaterialWhite paperScissorsGluepencil

Sheet papers in primary colours (yellow, blue and red)

RulerBlack felt-pen

Process1. Draw on a white paper horizontal and vertical

lines using a pencil and a ruler.2. Try to create rectangles and squares.3. Cut small pieces of papers in primary colours.4. Stick them to create colourful shapes.5. Some of the squares and rectangles should be

white.6. Finally, trace all the lines with a black felt-pen.

Let’s work!