Why it matters
Symbolic in form and with stylised lines, the painting marks a midpoint in Mondrian's path from landscape to radical abstraction, and was the last painting in which he depicted a human figure.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1911, after a visit to Paris.
- It is in extremely fragile condition due to zinc soap formation.
- The Kunstmuseum Den Haag acquired it in 1971.
Based on the Wikipedia article Evolution (Mondrian) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
