Martine Jacobs - Mondrian

Martine Jacobs, born in 1956 Amsterdam, is a well-known pastel artist who specializes in creating colorful pastel drawings. Her work is characterized by vibrant colors and the soft, dreamy quality that pastel media offer.





This is a print colored with pastel pencils.
The work was designed and colored by Martine Jacobs.
By colouring the prints herself, Martine can add her own style, feeling and emotion to the work. This makes each print unique and authentic.

Martine Jacobs' idea to make a pastel drawing in which an abstract of Mondrian is depicted with his 40 years younger bride, Lily Bles. sounds like a daring and original interpretation. The combination of Mondrian's abstract art in the background and the naked, sensual image of Lily Bles in the foreground can be seen as a powerful visual representation of the tension between the rational (Mondrian's abstraction) and the emotional or physical (the naked bride).

Martine Jacobs' work could offer an interesting interpretation of both art history and human relationships in this way. It could also be a commentary on the role of women in the art world and how young women are often associated with innovation and change, while older men, such as Mondrian, are often symbols of established values.

By integrating Mondrian's abstract painting into the drawing, Jacobs is perhaps making a statement about the contrasts in their worldviews – the rational and geometric of Mondrian's work versus the personal and intimate reality of human experience.