Geinrust Farm: Close Frontal View
c. 1905–06
Medium
Pastel and charcoal on buff wove paper
Dimensions
47.5 × 60 cm (18 3/4 × 23 5/8 in.)
Classification
charcoal
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
53175
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Because Piet Mondrian depicted this specific farm no fewer than 13 times, determining when he actually made this drawing is difficult. Prior to 1908, he rarely dated his work; moreover, his artistic evolution is hard to trace chronologically since he made two kinds of work simultaneously: formally experimental landscapes and—forced by his meager finances to appeal to buyers—naturalistic scenes. Based on stylistic similarities to other works of that time, Robert Welsh, a scholar of Mondrian’s ear...
About the Artist
Piet Mondrian · 1872–1944
**Piet Mondrian** (born Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan, 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944) was a Dutch painter and theoretician who became one of the most influential figures in 20th-century abstract art. Born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, as the second of his parents’ children, he grew up in a creative household; his father was a qualified drawing teacher and headmaster, while his uncle, Frits Mondriaan, a...