Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue 1942

Piet Mondrian made this painting, Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue, with oil on canvas sometime before 1944. Imagine Mondrian standing in front of the canvas, squinting maybe. The white rectangles vibrate behind those black lines like negative space wanting to be positive. It’s not just a grid, it's a world. That little blue rectangle, almost an afterthought near the bottom, it’s like a shy guest at a very formal party. I wonder if Mondrian was trying to find some kind of ultimate, like, visual truth? You know, like, what’s the bare minimum you need to say something? Or maybe it's more emotional, like he’s trying to build a world where everything is in its right place. It's like he's wrestling with the canvas, trying to find the balance. These paintings are not just about the grid, but about the struggle to find order in chaos.