Frits Mondriaan artwork • painting • previously for sale A figure on a snow-covered path
Frits Mondriaan
Den Haag 1853-1932
1853-1932
A figure on a snow-covered path
oil on panel 37.7 x 26.3 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Literature: F. de Graaf, P. Nieuwenhuizen, 'Echte winters. Nederlandse landschapschilders 1875-1940', pag. 26 (met afb. in kleur), pag. 50, cat.nr. 25.
Exhibited: Woerden, Stadsmuseum Woerden, 'Echte winters: Nederlandse landschapschilders 1875-1940', 13 dec. 2003-7 maart 2004; Tsinandali, Georgië, Alexander Chavchavadze House-Museum, ‘Once Upon a time in Holland. The young Piet Mondrian and the Masters who inspired him’, 1 mei-30 juni 2011; Winterswijk, Villa Mondriaan, 'Vee in beeld', 4 maart-4 sept. 2016.
The landscape painter Frits Mondriaan is best known as ‘uncle Frits’, the uncle and first teacher of Piet Mondrian. Though he had a shop in The Hague, painting was where his real interest lay. He took lessons from Willem Maris and worked outside whenever the weather allowed. In summer he often visited his family in Winterswijk, where he taught his young nephew Piet the rudiments of painting during study excursions outdoors. His oeuvre comprises impressionistic woodland views, landscapes with water and a few still lifes.
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