Jan Toorop, artist and friend of Piet
Mondriaan, spoke about cubism as a 'striving
for abstraction', a striving
'more and more towards spirituality',
away from forms of nature. But Mondriaan saw something completely
different, an opening into
something new.
Mondriaan came to the conclusion he had to go to Paris if he wanted to know more. He needed direct contact with the Cubists, to achieve a kind of work in which he could accomplish his own ideas.
Mondriaan came to the conclusion he had to go to Paris if he wanted to know more. He needed direct contact with the Cubists, to achieve a kind of work in which he could accomplish his own ideas.
In 1911 he ends his rent-contract, broke up his engagement and stores his paintings with acquaintances and friends, sells as much
work as possible and leaves the community of Amsterdam. At the
end of January 1912 he moved to Paris. His famous oilpainting 'No.8' was made the following year.
(Text source: In
new perspective / Hans Janssen)
Painting No.4 / Composition No.8
Piet Mondriaan [1872-1944]
height 95 cm width 80 cm
1913 - oil on canvas
Location: Gemeentemuseum Denhaag: 0334317
Painting No.4 / Composition No.8
Piet Mondriaan [1872-1944]
height 95 cm width 80 cm
1913 - oil on canvas
Location: Gemeentemuseum Denhaag: 0334317
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