Former Landzicht farm

Name: Piet Mondrian draws and paints farm Landzicht in Abcoude 13 times
Address: The building no longer exists. It was located at what is now Gein Zuid 15 in Abcoude.

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With the help of historical material and walking or cycling routes you can now literally follow in the footsteps of Mondrian. Discover how he traveled to the countryside to paint landscapes, how the Zeeland light and Brabant farms inspired him, how he was interested in music and dancing, which friends he made and which places he liked to visit.

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The building no longer exists. It was located at what is now Gein Zuid 15 in Abcoude.

Landzicht, the farm Mondrian painted, no longer exists, though another one stands on the same spot at the bend in the river today. The marker on the map indicates Landzicht’s approximate location.

I painted and drew Landzicht farm 13 times.

Landzicht farm was situated by a bend in the river Gein, half obscured by tall trees, surrounded by a classic Dutch polder landscape. The scene attracted Piet Mondrian, and he painted and drew it several times around 1905. Neither the old farm nor its distinctive stand of trees remains today.

Piet Mondrian / Landzicht farm / c. 1905

Piet Mondrian / Landzicht farm under bluish-gray sky / dated 1905

Piet Mondrian / Landzicht farm viewed from downstream with visible house gable / c. 1902-1903?

Jacob Olie

The Amsterdam photographer Jacob Olie, known for his many scenes of the capital, had depicted Landzicht farm and its distinctive setting in 1900. Olie, like Mondrian, had a keen sense of composition, so it was no surprise that his eye was caught by the same view of the farm in the trees by the bend in the river. We do not know if Mondrian was familiar with Olie’s photograph.

Jacob Olie / Gein with farm 'Landzicht' on the right / 1900

Composition

Mondrian placed much less emphasis on the farmhouse, which can hardly be seen in some of the works, than on the striking clump of trees and their reflection in the water; see, for instance, Landzicht Farm Under Unclouded Blue Sky, Landzicht Farm with Mirror Reflection in Water and Landzicht Farm with Reflection in the Water.

Piet Mondrian / Landzicht farm under unclouded blue sky / c. 1905

Piet Mondrian / Landzicht farm with mirror reflection in the water / c. 1905

Piet Mondrian / Landzicht farm with reflection in water / c. 1905

Cycle to Former Landzicht farm

Former Landzicht farm is part of our "Along the river" route

Along the river

Discover the countryside around the river Gein where Piet Mondrian loved to paint and draw between 1900 and 1908.