A Farmhouse Behind A Fence is a 1904 painting by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian.[1] It was completed early in his career, in 1904, when "the artist abruptly broke from his former life and went into rural seclusion in Brabant, a province in southern Netherlands."[2] He painted numerous canvases on a rural theme: "in his initial public appearances as a professional artist Mondrian was more concerned with supplying a product that would sell than defining his own personal style."[3]
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| Artist | Piet Mondrian  |
| Year | c. 1904 |
| Medium | oil paint, canvas |
| Dimensions | 20.5 cm (8.1 in) × 29.1 cm (11.5 in) |
| Collection | Unknown, Kunstmuseum Den Haag |
| Identifiers | RKDimages ID: 279649 |
Such paintings were before he developed the now more familiar abstract visual approach of the De Stijl movement. Nevertheless, the painting still shows the beginning of Mondrian's evolution: during this period "he produced paintings of traditional subject matter—Dutch farmhouses and windmills and rivers and forests—but rendered these themes in a very untraditional way ... [he] composed his representations, rather, out of bold abstract planes and broad brushstrokes of saturated colour."[2]
Despite the existence of a signature at the bottom left of the canvas, it was only attributed to Mondrian in 2004, by the art historian Joop Joosten.[4] The painting was added to the collection of the Kunstmuseum, The Hague, Netherlands in 2020.[4] It was acquired from a private collection hanging in Hoorn.[5]
References
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- ^ a b Weber, Nicholas Fox (2018). Piet Mondrian's early Years: The winding path to straight abstraction (PhD Thesis thesis). [Groningen]: University of Groningen.
- ^ Blotkamp, Carel (2001). Mondrian: The Art of Destruction. Reaktion Books. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-86189-100-6.
- ^ a b "Piet Mondriaan". rkd.nl. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ "Piet Mondriaan | Paintings prev. for Sale | A farm behind a fence". Simonis & Buunk. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
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