Listen! The clues will lead you to the Guardian.

The next Guardian is hanging on the wall.

The Guardian has only five colours.

The Guardian has straight black lines.

The Guardian is a painting.

The Guardian contains rectangles.

The Guardian is black, white, blue, yellow and red.

You’ve found the guardian!

Composition in Blue, Red, Yellow and Black
GUARDIAN
LEVEL 12

France, Paris
1922
Piet Mondrian (Amersfoort, 1872–New York, 1944)
Oil on canvas
Louvre Abu Dhabi

A closer look

Did you know…?

Elementary Principles The artist used basic elements in this painting: straight lines, the three primary colours (red, yellow, and blue), and two non-colours (white and black).

Truncated Planes Note how the coloured planes appear truncated, suggesting a space that extends beyond the edge of the composition.

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Red, white, black, blue, yellow:

What about you?

What are your colours?

Er… I don’t know.

Whatever,

I’m listening to you!

I’m Volpi, and we’re here

to save the museum’s memory!

I’ve been expecting you for a while!

The artworks in my gallery

are losing their colours.

Please help us!

Quick, the museum’s memory is fading…

Now it’s down to you!

If you win all the games on the list, the Guardian will give its Star to you.