“Tableau 3 with Orange -Red, Yellow, Black, Blue and Gray” is an abstract artwork created by artist Piet Mondrian in 1921. It is an example of the Neoplasticism art movement and is currently housed at the Kunstmuseum Basel in Basel, Switzerland.
The artwork features a composition of rectangular shapes and straight lines. It is characteristic of Mondrian’s mature works, where he primarily uses the three primary colors (red, yellow, and blue) and the non-colors (black, white, and gray) to demonstrate his philosophical and aesthetic principles. The canvas is dominated by a large, bold orange-red rectangle on the left, balanced by smaller yellow and blue rectangles on the right side. The rectangles are separated and intersected by thick and thin black lines that create a sense of structure and rhythm within the composition. Areas of white and gray serve as a neutral background, highlighting the vibrant colors and providing a sense of space and calm. Mondrian’s grid-based compositions like this one reflect his pursuit of universal beauty and harmony through the reduction of visual elements to their most basic forms.
