“Only Primary Colours and non-colours, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal and vertical lines” –Piet Mondrian
De Stijl means style in Dutch. The magazine De Stijl became a vehicle for Mondrian's ideas on art, and in a series of articles in the first year's issues he defined his aims and used, perhaps for the first time, the term neo-plasticism. Associated artists: Theo van Doesburg; Piet Mondrian.
Figure 1: Richard Hamilton. Putting on de Stijl (1979). Tate.
This is a printed image that was put up on auction in memorial to the mans wife who placed it on auction. There is a well seen connection, making this a De Stijl artwork, rectangles, primary colours, simplicity of dimensions. (figure1)
Figure 2: Mondrian Mickey. Disney original art-artists of the world.
Rectangles are a well known characteristic of the De Stijl art movement. The simplistic colours that are used is also known by De Stijl art. The simplification of art can be seen in the outlines of the objects. Horizontal and vertical lines are also used with dynamic asymmetrical balance of planes. (figure2)
Piet Mondrian was a contributor to the "De Stijl" ("the style") Art movement. De Stijl was a movement that held a utopian ideology of order and harmony. The geometry of the straight line, the reduction of form and colour into primary basics and pathways of only vertical and horizontal directions communicated a sense of direction and harmony.
Mondrian, while vastly popular in his day, flourished most significantly following his death when in 1965 Algerian born designer Yves Saint Laurent produced a wool jersey with the replica of Mondrian's composition series. From this collection produced the trend of colour blocking which spread the Mondrian style through fashion, television, housewares and beyond. (figure 2)
