Broadway Boogie Woogie

Date: 1943
Medium: oil on canvas

Piet Mondrian's "Broadway Boogie Woogie" is one of his last works and the pinnacle of his abstract style known as Neoplasticism or de Stijl. The painting was completed shortly before Mondrian's death in 1944 and represents his visual response to his impressions of New York City.

In the painting "Broadway Boogie Woogie" we can see an intricate network of colored squares and rectangular lines that form a grid resembling city blocks. Individual colors and shapes represent the bustle, energy and rhythm of the city. The painting's title refers to boogie woogie, a lively musical genre that may have provided the inspiration for Mondrian's abstraction.

Mondrian's palette is limited to primary colors (red, blue, yellow) and neutral white, black and grey. This limitation of colors was typical of his neoplastic work, where he wanted to achieve maximum purity and harmony.

"Broadway Boogie Woogie" is considered a visual interpretation of musical rhythm, urban movement and dynamics. Through geometric shapes and colors, Mondrian conveys the abstract essence of urban space and musical pulse, making it a fascinating fusion of art, architecture and music.

Mondrian painted picture Broadway Boogie Woogie in 1943. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is square. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) Painter. Despite being from a family of drawing teachers, he was initially drawn to a priestly life. At last, his uncle brought him to painting as he had enrolled Mondrian at the Academy in Amsterdam. Mondrian experimented in his painting. His early works bear a clear inspiration from impressionism. At the 1911 exhibition in Amsterdam, he met with the newly beginning style of Cubism, of which he became very fond. Through continuous painting of the same object ( Tableau I), he tried to capture its true nature. For three years, he lived in Paris, but with the beginning of World War I, he returned to Holland. He did not remain long, and again returned to Paris, where he created very abstract images - Duinlandschap. His greatest fame, paradoxically, came in the USA, where he had to move under the threat of Nazism in 1938. It is said that he worked so hard that he had blisters on his hands from paint brushes. Through his geometricism he influenced many of his successors. Piet Mondrian died 1. 2. 1944 pneumonia.