Galerie Mont The red tree – Piet Mondrian^ Mondrian

Piet Mondrian painted a series of three paintings of trees. The red tree was the first, in 1909, followed by Silver Tree in 1911. Apple Tree in Bloom is the last painting in the series, created in 1912.

Piet Mondrian’s Red Tree is a work that expresses the artist’s interest in natural forms and landscapes. The painting depicts a solitary tree with bare red branches, whose autumnal colours stand out against a background of contrasting shades of blue. The composition, although figurative, already shows elements of abstraction and simplification of form.

This painting offers a glimpse of Mondrian’s early experiments, before the evolution towards geometric abstraction that would mark his iconic style. The Red Tree reveals a particular sensitivity to chromatic nuances and contrasts, highlighting the beginnings of the artistic process that would lead Mondrian to develop his pure and rigorous abstract compositions.

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