Landzicht Farm: Compositional Study
c. 1905
Medium
Fabricated charcoal on blue laid paper
Dimensions
46.8 × 62.3 cm (18 7/16 × 24 9/16 in.)
Classification
charcoal
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
88464
Art Historical Context
Piet Mondrian, best known today for his groundbreaking abstract grids and primary colors, began his career with sensitive studies of the landscape. Created around 5, *Landzicht Farm: Compositional Study* shows the artist carefully observing a rural scene, likely near his hometown in the Netherlands. This early charcoal drawing captures the quiet architecture of a farmstead and its surrounding fields, revealing Mondrian’s deep roots in traditional Dutch landscape painting while he began to explore the underlying structure of nature. Drawn in fabricated charcoal on blue laid paper, the work mea...