Piet Mondrian:
Set of 4 espresso cups with artist motifs, porcelain
Piet Mondrian:
Set of 4 espresso cups with artist motifs, porcelain

Quick info

porcelain | capacity 0.085 litres each | dishwasher and microwave safe | only available as a set

incl. tax plus Shipping

Product no. IN-914583

Delivery time: Immediately deliverable

Set of 4 espresso cups with artist motifs, porcelain
Piet Mondrian: Set of 4 espresso cups with artist motifs,...

Detailed description

Set of 4 espresso cups with artist motifs, porcelain

Mondrian's characteristic, strictly geometric compositions - recognisable by the horizontal and vertical play of black lines and the coloured surfaces in the primary colours - adorn the décor of this high-quality porcelain set of four espresso cups. The single-coloured saucer, which is supplied twice each in red and blue, contrasts effectively with the motif of the cup. The set is dishwasher and microwave safe. Capacity 0.085 l each. Height of each cup is 5.5 cm. Diameter of each saucer 12 cm. Only available as a set.

Customer reviews
(4)

Portrait of the artist Piet Mondrian

About Piet Mondrian

1872-1944

It is hard to imagine that Piet Mondrian's strictly geometric compositions had their origins in painterly, filigree landscape studies. At the age of 20, as a student of the Art Academy in Amsterdam, he was drawn to Impressionism. In the neutral Netherlands, he was spared the turmoil of the First World War for a long time and was able to follow his inspiration and theosophical studies. There the first Fauvist and Neo-Impressionist elements appeared in his paintings.

In Paris, which he visited for the first time in 1912, he took part in several "Salons des Indépendants", where he was influenced by the cubism of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. Mondrian for example reduced the lines of a tree until the form of the tree is barely discernable and black, orthogonal bars divided the picture surface and becomes secondary to the overall composition of vertical and horizontal lines, he filled the spaces in between with white and primary colours.

Because of his profound knowledge of abstraction, he co-founded the painter, designer and architect group "De Stijl" in 1917 - the Dutch counterpart to the German group "Bauhaus". In his paintings, everything should be in balance, the depth effect should disappear so that "pure reality" remains.

Mondrian's visionary style left clear traces in art, design and architecture, also in New York, where the artist finally emigrated in 1940.

Recommendations