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“I construct lines and color combinations on a flat surface, in order to express general beauty with the utmost awareness. Nature (or, that which I see) inspires me, puts me, as with any painter, in an emotional state so that an urge comes about to make something, but I want to come as close as possible to the truth and abstract everything from that, until I reach the foundation (still just an external foundation!) of things…”
Minimalism and understated elegance was his message, most recognized in ‘Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue‘. His approach and aesthetic influences our design team, fusing colors and patterns. A master of Neoplasticism, Mondrian published the formulation as:
• Coloration must be in the primary colors of red, blue and yellow or the noncolors of black, gray and white.
• Surfaces must rectangular planes or prisms.
• Aesthetic balance must be achieved and this is done through the use of opposition.
• Compositional elements must be straight lines or rectangular areas.
• Symmetry is to be avoided.
• Balance and rhythm are enhanced by relationships of proportion and location.
