Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), Composition with grid 8: checkerboard composition with dark colors, 1919. Courtesy of Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
Mondrian exhibition opens at National Gallery Ireland Featuring loans from extraordinary holdings of the Kuntstmuseum Den Haag, the Mondrian exhibition at National Gallery of Ireland runs from 1 December 2020 to 14 February 2021.]]>
Source: National Gallery of Ireland
Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. This exhibition is the first of the artist’s work to be held in Ireland. It offers the public a rare opportunity to see these important paintings close to home. From Mondrian’s little known early landscapes to his famous abstract paintings with their black and white grids and primary colours, the exhibition features art from across every period of a fascinating career. As well as 40 paintings by Mondrian, the exhibition features a selection of works by De Stijl artists Theo van Doesburg, Bart van der Leck, and Gerrit Rietveld.
Sean Rainbird, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland and co-curator of this exhibition, commented: “We’re thrilled to be able to open this wonderful exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland, after what has been a challenging year. Our visitors will be able to discover a selection of Mondrian’s famous grid paintings which are so carefully and beautifully painted, and dynamically balanced between their colour planes and black and white grids. His artistic progress and programme was one of the heroic stories of modern art. We also hope to surprise those who are very familiar with the artist’s later, more familiar paintings with earlier, lesser known works made while he was still living and working in the Netherlands.”
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