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PIET MONDRIAN (1872-1944)

 
<div>"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist’s pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian’s early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. Unlike his later abstract works, which began after he turned 40 following the 1911 Picasso exhibition that inspired his Cubist turn, these early pieces reveal a confident realism that laid the groundwork for his iconic style. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The works from this period, prior to Mondrian’s shift toward coastal scenes, boats, and floral subjects, highlight his penchant for landscape, a theme that subtly persisted in his later abstractions, particularly those inspired by the grid-like layout of New York City, such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie" (1942-43) and “New York City I” (1942). With early landscapes offering a more accessible price point yet holding immense academic importance, they attract museums and savvy, thoughtful collectors. Comparable works reside in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago.  This piece stands as a rare testament to Mondrian’s evolving genius and the foundational role of landscape in his oeuvre. The painting’s most recent owner is Nicholas Fox Weber, the distinguished art historian, scholar, and president of the Josef Albers Foundation. </div> <div>"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist’s pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian’s early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. Unlike his later abstract works, which began after he turned 40 following the 1911 Picasso exhibition that inspired his Cubist turn, these early pieces reveal a confident realism that laid the groundwork for his iconic style. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The works from this period, prior to Mondrian’s shift toward coastal scenes, boats, and floral subjects, highlight his penchant for landscape, a theme that subtly persisted in his later abstractions, particularly those inspired by the grid-like layout of New York City, such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie" (1942-43) and “New York City I” (1942). With early landscapes offering a more accessible price point yet holding immense academic importance, they attract museums and savvy, thoughtful collectors. Comparable works reside in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago.  This piece stands as a rare testament to Mondrian’s evolving genius and the foundational role of landscape in his oeuvre. The painting’s most recent owner is Nicholas Fox Weber, the distinguished art historian, scholar, and president of the Josef Albers Foundation. </div> <div>"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist’s pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian’s early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. Unlike his later abstract works, which began after he turned 40 following the 1911 Picasso exhibition that inspired his Cubist turn, these early pieces reveal a confident realism that laid the groundwork for his iconic style. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The works from this period, prior to Mondrian’s shift toward coastal scenes, boats, and floral subjects, highlight his penchant for landscape, a theme that subtly persisted in his later abstractions, particularly those inspired by the grid-like layout of New York City, such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie" (1942-43) and “New York City I” (1942). With early landscapes offering a more accessible price point yet holding immense academic importance, they attract museums and savvy, thoughtful collectors. Comparable works reside in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago.  This piece stands as a rare testament to Mondrian’s evolving genius and the foundational role of landscape in his oeuvre. The painting’s most recent owner is Nicholas Fox Weber, the distinguished art historian, scholar, and president of the Josef Albers Foundation. </div> <div>"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist’s pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian’s early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. Unlike his later abstract works, which began after he turned 40 following the 1911 Picasso exhibition that inspired his Cubist turn, these early pieces reveal a confident realism that laid the groundwork for his iconic style. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The works from this period, prior to Mondrian’s shift toward coastal scenes, boats, and floral subjects, highlight his penchant for landscape, a theme that subtly persisted in his later abstractions, particularly those inspired by the grid-like layout of New York City, such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie" (1942-43) and “New York City I” (1942). With early landscapes offering a more accessible price point yet holding immense academic importance, they attract museums and savvy, thoughtful collectors. Comparable works reside in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago.  This piece stands as a rare testament to Mondrian’s evolving genius and the foundational role of landscape in his oeuvre. The painting’s most recent owner is Nicholas Fox Weber, the distinguished art historian, scholar, and president of the Josef Albers Foundation. </div> <div>"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist’s pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian’s early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. Unlike his later abstract works, which began after he turned 40 following the 1911 Picasso exhibition that inspired his Cubist turn, these early pieces reveal a confident realism that laid the groundwork for his iconic style. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The works from this period, prior to Mondrian’s shift toward coastal scenes, boats, and floral subjects, highlight his penchant for landscape, a theme that subtly persisted in his later abstractions, particularly those inspired by the grid-like layout of New York City, such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie" (1942-43) and “New York City I” (1942). With early landscapes offering a more accessible price point yet holding immense academic importance, they attract museums and savvy, thoughtful collectors. Comparable works reside in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago.  This piece stands as a rare testament to Mondrian’s evolving genius and the foundational role of landscape in his oeuvre. The painting’s most recent owner is Nicholas Fox Weber, the distinguished art historian, scholar, and president of the Josef Albers Foundation. </div> <div>"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist’s pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian’s early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. Unlike his later abstract works, which began after he turned 40 following the 1911 Picasso exhibition that inspired his Cubist turn, these early pieces reveal a confident realism that laid the groundwork for his iconic style. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The works from this period, prior to Mondrian’s shift toward coastal scenes, boats, and floral subjects, highlight his penchant for landscape, a theme that subtly persisted in his later abstractions, particularly those inspired by the grid-like layout of New York City, such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie" (1942-43) and “New York City I” (1942). With early landscapes offering a more accessible price point yet holding immense academic importance, they attract museums and savvy, thoughtful collectors. Comparable works reside in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago.  This piece stands as a rare testament to Mondrian’s evolving genius and the foundational role of landscape in his oeuvre. The painting’s most recent owner is Nicholas Fox Weber, the distinguished art historian, scholar, and president of the Josef Albers Foundation. </div> <div>"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist’s pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian’s early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. Unlike his later abstract works, which began after he turned 40 following the 1911 Picasso exhibition that inspired his Cubist turn, these early pieces reveal a confident realism that laid the groundwork for his iconic style. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The works from this period, prior to Mondrian’s shift toward coastal scenes, boats, and floral subjects, highlight his penchant for landscape, a theme that subtly persisted in his later abstractions, particularly those inspired by the grid-like layout of New York City, such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie" (1942-43) and “New York City I” (1942). With early landscapes offering a more accessible price point yet holding immense academic importance, they attract museums and savvy, thoughtful collectors. Comparable works reside in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago.  This piece stands as a rare testament to Mondrian’s evolving genius and the foundational role of landscape in his oeuvre. The painting’s most recent owner is Nicholas Fox Weber, the distinguished art historian, scholar, and president of the Josef Albers Foundation. </div> <div>"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist’s pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian’s early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. Unlike his later abstract works, which began after he turned 40 following the 1911 Picasso exhibition that inspired his Cubist turn, these early pieces reveal a confident realism that laid the groundwork for his iconic style. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The works from this period, prior to Mondrian’s shift toward coastal scenes, boats, and floral subjects, highlight his penchant for landscape, a theme that subtly persisted in his later abstractions, particularly those inspired by the grid-like layout of New York City, such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie" (1942-43) and “New York City I” (1942). With early landscapes offering a more accessible price point yet holding immense academic importance, they attract museums and savvy, thoughtful collectors. Comparable works reside in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago.  This piece stands as a rare testament to Mondrian’s evolving genius and the foundational role of landscape in his oeuvre. The painting’s most recent owner is Nicholas Fox Weber, the distinguished art historian, scholar, and president of the Josef Albers Foundation. </div> <div>"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist’s pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian’s early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. Unlike his later abstract works, which began after he turned 40 following the 1911 Picasso exhibition that inspired his Cubist turn, these early pieces reveal a confident realism that laid the groundwork for his iconic style. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The works from this period, prior to Mondrian’s shift toward coastal scenes, boats, and floral subjects, highlight his penchant for landscape, a theme that subtly persisted in his later abstractions, particularly those inspired by the grid-like layout of New York City, such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie" (1942-43) and “New York City I” (1942). With early landscapes offering a more accessible price point yet holding immense academic importance, they attract museums and savvy, thoughtful collectors. Comparable works reside in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago.  This piece stands as a rare testament to Mondrian’s evolving genius and the foundational role of landscape in his oeuvre. The painting’s most recent owner is Nicholas Fox Weber, the distinguished art historian, scholar, and president of the Josef Albers Foundation. </div> <div>"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist’s pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian’s early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. Unlike his later abstract works, which began after he turned 40 following the 1911 Picasso exhibition that inspired his Cubist turn, these early pieces reveal a confident realism that laid the groundwork for his iconic style. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The works from this period, prior to Mondrian’s shift toward coastal scenes, boats, and floral subjects, highlight his penchant for landscape, a theme that subtly persisted in his later abstractions, particularly those inspired by the grid-like layout of New York City, such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie" (1942-43) and “New York City I” (1942). With early landscapes offering a more accessible price point yet holding immense academic importance, they attract museums and savvy, thoughtful collectors. Comparable works reside in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago.  This piece stands as a rare testament to Mondrian’s evolving genius and the foundational role of landscape in his oeuvre. The painting’s most recent owner is Nicholas Fox Weber, the distinguished art historian, scholar, and president of the Josef Albers Foundation. </div>
Haus auf dem Landec.18988 1/4 x 11 3/4 Zoll.(20,96 x 32,39 cm) Ölgemälde auf Leinwand auf Karton
Provenienz
Niederländisches Gut, 1982
Sammlung Katharine und Nicholas Fox Weber
Ausstellung
London, David Zwirner, Piet Mondrian: Malerei 1900-1905, 26. November 2015 bis 23. Januar 2016
Literaturhinweise
Robert Welsh, Piet Mondrian: Catalogue Raisonné of the Naturalistic Works, New York, 2018, Nr. A161
Karsten Schubert, Early Mondrian: Painting 1900-1905, London, 2022

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"Haus auf dem Lande", ein seltenes frühes Ölgemälde von Piet Mondrian um 1898, bietet einen Einblick in die Zeit vor der Abstraktion des Künstlers, die wahrscheinlich "en plein air" ausgeführt wurde. Dieses intime Gemälde, eines von etwa 47 Werken aus dieser Phase in verschiedenen Medien, zeigt Mondrians frühes Engagement, das Wesen eines Ortes einzufangen. Die Komposition zeigt ein bescheidenes, in die Landschaft eingebettetes Haus, das mit weichen, erdigen Tönen und einem delikaten Wechselspiel von Licht und Schatten wiedergegeben wird und seine jugendliche Leidenschaft für naturalistische Darstellungen widerspiegelt. Im Gegensatz zu seinen späteren abstrakten Werken, die nach seinem 40. Lebensjahr im Anschluss an die Picasso-Ausstellung von 1911 entstanden, die ihn zu seinem kubistischen Stil inspirierte, zeigen diese frühen Werke einen selbstbewussten Realismus, der den Grundstein für seinen ikonischen Stil legte.





Die Werke aus dieser Periode, die vor Mondrians Hinwendung zu Küstenszenen, Booten und floralen Motiven entstanden, unterstreichen seine Vorliebe für Landschaften, ein Thema, das sich in seinen späteren Abstraktionen auf subtile Weise fortsetzt, insbesondere in jenen, die vom gitterartigen Grundriss von New York City inspiriert sind, wie "Broadway Boogie Woogie" (1942-43) und "New York City I" (1942). Da die frühen Landschaften zu einem erschwinglicheren Preis angeboten werden, aber dennoch von immenser akademischer Bedeutung sind, ziehen sie Museen und versierte, aufmerksame Sammler an. Vergleichbare Werke befinden sich im Metropolitan Museum of Art, dem Cleveland Museum of Art und dem Art Institute of Chicago. Dieses Werk ist ein seltenes Zeugnis von Mondrians sich entwickelndem Genie und der grundlegenden Rolle der Landschaft in seinem Schaffen. Der jüngste Besitzer des Gemäldes ist Nicholas Fox Weber, der angesehene Kunsthistoriker, Wissenschaftler und Präsident der Josef Albers Foundation.
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