Piet Mondrian

A film from the series “Impressions” made using mixed animation. It presents the artistic creations of the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian against documentary pictures of the epoch in which he lived and worked. The director illustrates the evolution of the 20th century visual arts from fowism to geometrical abstraction using the example of Mondrian’s paintings. The philosophical escape of the artist into abstraction, which for Mondrian was the confirmation of the superiority of the mind over the senses and nature, is contrasted with the 20th century, full of historic events and civilisation changes.

Directed by Jacek Kasprzycki
Screenplay by Tamara Sorbian-Kasprzycka and Jacek Kasprzycki
Design based on Piet Mondrian’s paintings developed by Jacek Kasprzycki
Music composed and performed by Arnold Dąbrowski
Animated by Jacek Kasprzycki, Janusz Gałązkowski, Krystyn Koczorski, Artur Żurawski
Photography by Krzysztof Szyszka
Editing and sound by Wiesław Nowak
Produced by Ewa Sobolewska
Combined and classical animation – painting on celluloid, 35 mm, colour, 297 m, 10:50′
Date of production: 10.10.1995 © TVP SA-TV SFA

AWARD:
SPECIAL AWARD for the Television Studio of Animation Films for the series “Impressions”, for the original popularisation of classical art, Chairman of the Committee of Cinematography of the Ministry of Culture and President of Polish Television SA, Review of Films on Art, Zakopane, Poland / 1996