Mondrian

The painter and his influence

"Just a handful of good painters this century. Mondrian, of course. Picasso, maybe five percent of the time, when he wasn't cocking around. But five percent of Picasso is plenty ... Who else? Pollack. Frank Roth. Trossman. Clyfford Still. Darragh Park. Rothko, before he got so far down he forgot to use color." Edwin P. Turnquist

The Pictures - Biography - Homages - Artifacts

This section of Snap Dragon is devoted to the artist Mondrian, his works and manifestations of his Compositions in the design of other things - the Artifacts. The images below are some of my favourite artifacts and lead to further details. There is an illustrated biography here.

Some recent additions

August 2010 - The Pictures, Phase I is pretty much complete, albeit nine years late.

August 2010 - I indulged in a stained glass window course at Lead & Light and, of course, my first piece is a small Mondrian (followed by a minor Rothko to pass the time), leading to a Large Mondrian to go over our front door. Further details here.

July 2010 - The latest homage from Debra Teare.

July 2010 - Mondrian Brooch, by emiko-o. Details here.

July 2010 - John Dankworth's Million $ Collection, jazz reactions to art, includes a piece Composition with Colour. More details here.

May 2010 - Tate Modern has been celebrating its 10th anniversary and BBC Radio 4 joined in with a special on the subject. An interview with the first director of the gallery revealed that the first picture to be hung in Tate Modern was a Mondrian. More details here.

March 2010 - cartoons.

The Mondrian data was reorganised in 2002 under these heads (text from that time):

• In a reorganisation, all the Artifacts have been moved to a separate section and categorised.
• Homage contains art works influenced by Mondrian.
• The Pictures - "All" the Pictures - nearly done.
• DIY shows you how to make your own
• The Collection is an occasionally updated picture of the Mondrian bits and pieces I have actually acquired.
• Books looks at what is available on the subject and now incorporates References
• References , having found a remarkable contribution from the Dallas Art Museum. I will use it for articles and interesting snippets on PM, like the Euclid Controversy. This section also contains my Exciting New Mondrian Theory

November 2009, András Mikó has requested a reciprocal link for his Porn or Art site which has a Mondrian reference. I'm happy to show his penetrating homage here and on the homages page. I would prefer one without the text and have requested same.

I have been marking items which are in my collection with the symbol o. A friend from Holland has sent me a number of scans from her collection and I will mark them thus, o. Any other contributions to this virtual collection gratefully received - just send a scan or photograph and some details - you can choose your symbol and any colour, as long as it's not green.

Mondrian's business card	and mine, from vistaprint.

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