Artwork
On Ouderkerkerdijk near the Omval in the evening II
On Ouderkerkerdijk near the Omval in the evening II is an oil painting by the Post-Impressionist artist Piet Mondrian. It dates from 1906 and is held in the collection of the Israel Museum.
About this work
Overview
Piet Mondrian painted *On Ouderkerkerdijk near the Omval in the Evening II* in 1906 with oil on canvas. The work is part of the Israel Museum’s collection and belongs to the post‑impressionist period of the artist’s early career, before his shift toward pure abstraction.
Subject & Meaning
The canvas depicts a Dutch riverside at twilight. A calm water surface occupies the lower register, while a line of trees recedes into the distance beneath a sky washed in warm golden tones, suggesting the fleeting quality of evening light.
Technique & Style
Mondrian employed a loose, expressive brushwork that captures the interplay of deep blues and greens in the water against the orange‑yellow glow of the sky. The palette and handling convey the atmospheric shift of dusk, echoing post‑impressionist concerns with color and light.
History & Provenance
Created during Mondrian’s formative years, the painting reflects his initial focus on figurative landscape. It entered the Israel Museum’s holdings later in the 20th century, joining a collection that documents the artist’s evolution from naturalistic scenes to his later geometric abstractions.
Artist & collection
Artist
Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (Dutch: ; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), known after 1911 as Piet Mondrian (, US also ; Dutch: ), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician, who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
