Woods Near Oele

painting by Piet Mondrian

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"Woods Near Oele" is an oil painting by Piet Mondrian, created in 1908. This work marked a significant departure from traditional Dutch landscape painting, showcasing Mondrian's evolving style. Influenced by Post-Impressionist and Expressionist painters, Mondrian began to experiment with bolder colors and a more pronounced linear structure. The painting features a linear movement reminiscent of Edvard Munch and a color palette suggestive of German Expressionism, utilizing hues of yellow, orange, blue, violet, and red. This piece represents a crucial step in Mondrian's journey toward abstraction, moving away from naturalistic representation towards a focus on composition and color as primary elements.1

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Piet Mondrian
Influence of Post-Impressionists and Luminists
By the time he painted Woods near Oele in 1908, new values began to appear in his work, including a linear movement that was somewhat reminiscent of the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch and a colour scheme—based on hues of yellow, orange, blue, violet, and red—that was suggestive of the palette…
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By the time he painted Woods near Oele in 1908, new values began to appear in his work, including a linear movement that was somewhat reminiscent of the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch and a colour scheme—based on hues of yellow, orange, blue, violet, and red—that was suggestive of the palette…
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