Study for Blue Apple Tree Series is one of Piet Mondrian’s abstract paintings, which almost went to the edge of the pure abstract, becoming the symbol of the pattern. It’s exhibited in the “Modern Art Exhibition” held in Amsterdam in October 1912. Mondrian was a great abstract master good at turning the surface of the canvas into a precious artifact in consideration of texture richness, color combinations, and dynamic balancing of the composition, transforming the art of representing reality by means of painting.

By transforming the black color branches and trunk into straight lines and arcs, Mondrian simplified the subjects of this artwork down to the most basic elements. He employed warm yellow color as background with light green distributed around the tree to make viewers feel delighted, using colors according to his inner vision rather than the things’ appearance in reality. The branches and trunk are staggered mutually, showing that the figure of a tree is vertical interacting with horizontal. Mondrian represented the tree and his aesthetic style naturally with the abstract color of the tree and the simple design in this painting.

Mondrian was always searching for his own unique personality and explored a new sense of unity in the cubist type of space even though under the shadow of Cubism. Mondrian was the real contributor to cubism, rather than the imitator. He was assessed by Apollinaire, “Although Mondrian is strongly influenced by Picasso, Mondrian’s personality is completely owned by himself”.