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A painting by Piet Mondrian inspired by the city grid of Manhattan and boogie-woogie music. Learn about its history, analysis and location in the Museum of Modern Art.
Broadway Boogie Woogie, one of the last works he completed before his death, omits black and breaks his signature bars of color into multicolored segments. Bouncing against each other, the blocks of color in this painting create a pulsing rhythm, evincing a new dynamism in Mondrian’s work linked to his experience of New York and its jazz scene.
Learn about the last painting by Mondrian, inspired by the rhythm of New York and boogie-woogie music. See how he changed his style from long lines and planes to small blocks and staccato movement.
Dec 21, 2020 · Learn about the shimmering combination of multi-colored grid lines and blocks of color that represents Mondrian's seminal work as an artist. Find out how he captured the beat of the boogie woogie music and the grid of the Manhattan city streets in this painting.
Piet Mondrian : Broadway Boogie Woogie 1942-43 | MoMAMore info: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78682
May 12, 2021 · The Dutch painter's "Broadway Boogie-Woogie" shows how his art reduced empirical things to a binary language of vertical and horizontal lines.
Learn about the abstract art of Piet Mondrian, inspired by his favorite music and the lights of New York City. Listen to audio from kids who see different things in the painting.
