Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow

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Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow is a 1930 primary-color grid painting by Dutch De Stijl artist Piet Mondrian, exemplifying his mature abstract style of intersecting black lines and rectangular color fields.

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Surface form Occurrences
Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract painting
painting
aimsToExpress balance through abstraction
universal harmony
artHistoricalPeriod Modernism
artist Piet Mondrian
artStyle Neoplasticism
backgroundColor white
colorScheme primary colors plus neutrals
countryOfOrigin Netherlands
creator Piet Mondrian
creatorNationality Dutch
depicts geometric shapes
feature asymmetrical composition
black grid of vertical and horizontal lines
non-representational forms
primary colors
rectangular color fields
genre geometric abstraction
hasNoFigurativeElements true
hasNoPerspective true
hasOrientationOfLines horizontal
vertical
hasTypeOfLine straight line
inception 1930
influencedBy De Stijl principles
theosophical ideas of harmony
languageOfTitle English
medium oil paint
movement De Stijl
notableFor exemplifying De Stijl aesthetics
influence on modern design and architecture
rigorous reduction to line and color
originalTitleLanguage French
partOfSeries Piet Mondrian
surface form: Composition series by Piet Mondrian
period Mondrian mature style
subjectMatter balance of form and color
pure abstraction
support canvas
usesColor black
blue
red
white
yellow

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Piet Mondrian notableWork Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow
Piet Mondrian notableWork Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow
this entity surface form: Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow
De Stijl notableWorkAssociated Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow
Broadway Boogie Woogie precededBy Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow