Gray tree ( Engl. Gray Tree ) - a picture of the Dutch artist Pete Mondrian , one of the founders of abstract painting , written in 1911.
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| Pete Mondrian | ||
| Gray tree . 1911 | ||
| English Gray tree | ||
| Oil on canvas . 78.5 × 107.5 cm | ||
| The Hague Municipal Museum , The Hague , Netherlands | ||
| ( inv. ) | ||
Description
The picture refers to the period when Mondrian began experimenting with cubism : a limited palette of colors, background and foreground are very mixed. The technique with which the tree is made, in an elusively oval shape, resembles the techniques of Picasso and Braque. The oval shape in the works of Mondrian subsequently became more pronounced [1] .
Notes
- ↑ Susanne Deicher. Piet Mondrian, 1872-1944: Structures in Space . - Taschen, 1999 .-- 104 p. - ISBN 9783822859735 .