Piet Mondrian Projects

 

 

Piet Mondrian
Dutch Painter - 1872 - 1944

 

 Your students will discover the abstract art of Dutch painter, Piet Mondrian.  His balanced compositions expose the children to a new style of art in which lines and geometric shapes are used to express mood and feeling.  In their classrooms, the children create Mondrian-type balanced compositions.

 

Art Concepts Taught: Balance

 

All Levels:  Shape, color, and line combine to balance designsAdv. Level:  Repeated texture added to create rhythm and movement

 

Mondrian’s Balance

 

Paper Collage

 

All Levels:  Primary colors and cut shapes combine with lines to form abstract compositions.

 

 

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