Study for a Composition

Piet MondrianWW-1940-000551

1940·Collage of cut and pasted papers, prepared with gouache and charcoal, on pieced cream wove newsprint in three parts with charcoal on verso·Max: 33 × 27 cm (13 × 10 11/16 in.)

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1940
Medium: Collage of cut and pasted papers, prepared with gouache and charcoal, on pieced cream wove newsprint in three parts with charcoal on verso
Dimensions: Max: 33 × 27 cm (13 × 10 11/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Piet Mondrian

Artist

Piet Mondrian

Painting

Born as Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan in 1872 in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, Piet Mondrian began studying drawing at the age of 14. Despite his certainty that he wanted to pursue a career in art, Mondrian first earned a degree in education at the insistence of his family. Though he was in a position to assume a teaching role following his studies, he instead undertook painting classes near his hometown before moving to Amsterdam to study at the Rijksacademie, exhibiting for the first time 1893.

Amersfoort, Netherlands

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