Field with Young Trees in the Foreground, c. 1907. Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872-1944). Oil on paper laid on board; framed: x 97 x cm (32 1/2 x 38 3/16 x 2 5/16 in.); unframed: x 72 cm (25 7/8 x 28 3/8 in.). This painting depicts a field around the hamlet of Oele in the eastern Netherlands, where Mondrian lived during the summer of 1907. The evocative mood created by the trees silhouetted against a twilight sky suggests that Mondrian’s search for spirituality was present before he began painting completely abstract or non-objective compositions in 1916. Guided by readings in metaph
Field with Young Trees in the Foreground, c. 1907. Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872-1944). Oil on paper laid on board; framed: x 97 x cm (32 1/2 x 38 3/16 x 2 5/16 in.); unframed: x 72 cm (25 7/8 x 28 3/8 in.). This painting depicts a field around the hamlet of Oele in the eastern Netherlands, where Mondrian lived during the summer of 1907. The evocative mood created by the trees silhouetted against a twilight sky suggests that Mondrian’s search for spirituality was present before he began painting completely abstract or non-objective compositions in 1916. Guided by readings in metaphysics and philosophy, Mondrian sought to achieve a higher spiritual reality in his paintings, which eventually led him to eliminate all representational elements in favor of a style of pure geometric abstraction.
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