Piet Mondrian was a Dutch painter born in 1872 who is known for developing an abstract style using primary colors, black lines, and rectangles. He began his career painting realistic landscapes but was influenced by artistic movements like Fauvism and Cubism. His mature style featured geometric shapes, thick and thin black lines separating rectangles and squares filled with red, yellow, and blue. The document provides instructions for students to create their own artwork in Mondrian's style using an online photo editor.

1. Piet
Mondrian
Mrs. Hurd’s Class

2. BORN: Amersfoort –
Netherlands (1872)
He was 71 years old.

3. DIED: Manhattan –
United States (1944)
He was 71 years old.

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

5. It's hard to imagine that he began
as a landscape painter and was
influenced by Fauvism, Symbolism,
and Cubism on his way to his
characteristic abstractions.
• "In order to survive, Mondrian had been a painter of flowers on porcelain
for practically his whole life. Perhaps this explains his hatred of nature. ...
[Mondrian] suppressed curves and all greens because they reminded him
of trees, which he loathed. ... In 1924 the artist broke away from Theo van
Doesburg, who ... maintained that the slanted line at a 45-degree incline
better corresponded to the dynamism of modern man." (Art of Our
Century, ed Jean-Louis Ferrier, page 429.)

6. Piet Mondrian developed an
abstract simplified style which
combined squares and rectangles
using only primary colors
separated by black lines.

7. In his paintings there are
GEOMETRIC SHAPES
RECTANGLES
SQUARES

8. BOLD BLACK LINES
HORIZONTAL VERTICAL
Thick & Thin Lines

9. PRIMARY COLORS
RED
YELLOW
BLUE

10. Animated Shorts
Boogie Woogie
His life in animation
Wow! Check out these
videos about Mondrian.
Each video uses real
artwork made by
Mondrian that has been
hand animated!!

19. Exercise
Create artwork in the style of Piet Mondrian
Material
Computer
Pixlr.com/editor
Printer

20. Instructions for
Mondrian Inspired Art
Mrs. Hurd
Instructor

21. Go to Pixlr.com, Open the Photo Editor
Create a new image, keep it
800x600.
Name it Mondrian 1.

22. Make your blank canvas full screen.
Next, go to your drawing tool. Make
sure at the top of your screen that
“fill” is unchecked. Adjust your
border size to 11 or so, to start.
Draw a few rectangles.

23. Try to work on your
composition, make it
interesting.
Next, adjust your border size
to a larger or small size
and add a few more
rectangles…

24. When you have a pleasing
composition, begin filling in
Some of your rectangles with
primary colors. Be sure to
leave some areas white.

25. All Finished!!!!
When your canvas is just the way
you want it, save your art
project to use in your portfolio.
:=)

26. Let’s
work!