BroadwayBoogie Woogie
This is a painting by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944). He was an abstract artist who is considered to be one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
Mondrian restricted himself to lines that are horizontal and vertical and to basic colors of red, blue, and yellow. Mondrian also used black, white, and gray colors in his artwork, but here in Broadway Boogie Woogie, he used only the primary colors.
" Bouncing against each other, these tiny, blinking blocks of color create a vital and pulsing rhythm, an optical vibration that jumps from intersection to intersection like traffic on the streets of New York." - Museum of Modern Art
Can you feel the boogie woogie beat of the traffic in this painting?
Mondrian did not use a ruler to paint his lines, and he did not use colors straight out of a paint tube. He thought carefully about where he wanted his lines to go, and he mixed his own colors.
Go have a great Monday!!
