Woods near Oele (1908) belongs to Piet Mondrian's naturalist and Symbolist period, before his turn to abstraction. The painting depicts a wood near Oele, in the Netherlands, steeped in a silent, contemplative atmosphere. Mondrian uses a palette of muted greens, browns and yellows, creating a golden light that filters through the trees and gives the scene an almost mystical tone.
The trees, slender and slightly stylised, form a kind of natural architecture that leads the eye into the depth of the landscape. While remaining faithful to visible reality, Mondrian introduces a subtle idealisation, turning the wood into an emotional space, more inward than descriptive. The work testifies to his search for harmony, balance and spirituality in nature, anticipating the ordered structures he would develop in abstraction.
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Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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