Composition with Red Blue and Yellow was an abstract art painting, made in 1930 with 51 square meters. Now it is privately owned by Mr. and Mrs. Armand P. Bartos in New York. This wok was one of the representatives of Mondrian geometric abstract style.
We see, the heavy black lined controlled seven rectangles of different sizes and formed a very compact structure. What led the Mondrian painting was the bright red with large area and saturated color on the upper right. The small blue on the lower left, a little yellow on the lower right and four pieces of gray white cooperated effectively and firmly controlled the balance of red square in the painting. Here, in addition to colors, no other color; in addition to the vertical line and horizontal line, no other lines; in addition to the rectangular and square, no other shape. The smart segmentation and combination made the plane abstracted as a rhythm and dynamic image, so as to realize his geometric abstraction principle, “Taking advantage of the basic elements of painting: straight lines and right angles (horizontal and vertical), RGB (red, yellow and blue) and three non-color (white, gray, black), these limited pattern meanings and abstract symbol combined to constitute a force of nature and nature itself.”
When it comes to Mondrian, we immediately think of those rectangular with different specifications. Some art critics thought that Mondrian’s works were only applicable to advertising design, furniture, printing and decoration, not to mention the “painting”. This criticism was abstract, because it left the characteristics of the times. At that time, Mondrian did not think so. He gradually walked on the road of geometric abstract composition and followed the simple structure of cubism and futurism. He put the painting language restricted in the most basic factors: linear, rectangular, three primary colors (red, yellow, blue) and three non-color (white, gray, black) and called these paintings Neo-Plasticism. From 1917, he drew a lot of works with the similar names. Composition With Red Blue And Yellow was a typical example.
