Mondrain

Recently, I just found a neat little book by a Dutch artist that illustrates the power of Mondrain's work for kids.   Piet Mondrain has always been one of my favorite artists.  I don't exactly know why.  Maybe it's because he's a more hard edged Rothko.  There is just something about his straight lines and blocks of color that draws you in and captures you.  I don't know if it's the fact that you kind of become trapped behind those lines or if it's the fact that you never know where the colors will find up when you look at a new painting.  But it's always fascinated me.

Here are some of his my favorite pieces of his -

And don't underestimate the power of Mondrain on pop culture either --

And perhaps this is one of the best ways to illustrate the power and importance of art.  Though it doesn't exist naturally, once the format and colors of Mondrain's visions are applied to the world, we suddenly see how well they work.  It just seems to me that colors and spaces go together better when they are arranged and structured this way.

And I can't believe I never thought of creating this out of Legos!

The Mondrain Lego tribute.  Classic.

And Mondrain's influence is illustrated in one of the the world's foremost novels.

Here is a piece of his that is perhaps my favorite, though it is quite different from the patterns that he is known for.  There is a haunting and powerful quality to this painting that has always stayed with me.