And speaking of Australian post-war furniture design, there is extra love in the room for Clement Meadmore’s list of masterful designs as seen in this one Modernist Australian’s Youtube video of his own, personal collection.

For some great insight into the work of Meadmore, we suggest a pitstop at the previously mentioned Australian Modern blog, where you’ll find an in depth investigation into the history of Meadmore’s workmanship, his use of materials and questions which abound the tricky issue of authenticity.

A look into the roots of Mid-Century Modern architecture always reveals common ideals and transecting elements within other artistic disciplines of the concurrent time. The Twentieth Century, so magical for giving rise to the ‘New’ not only gave us Modernist Architecture and furniture but also Modern Art, Graphic Art, Jazz, Modern Fashion (women in pants oh my!), Radio and Film. The connections between all of these is sign-posted in various ways but one such link made itself clear this month with a couple of Modernist Australian homes flying past our radar; subtly or otherwise we spotted no less than three references to the works of Dutch modern painter, Piet Mondrian (1872- 1944).
Mondrian himself was a true Modernist; a jazz lover, a European who eventually moved from the old world (Europe) to the new (The USA) and, like his contemporary Picasso and inheritor Rothko, a pioneer of abstracting and simplifying away from representational painting while trying to reconnect inner spiritual knowledge. You might be familiar with his famous later his particular De Stjil style with works such as;

So it was in our ever-watchful mind’s eye on Modernist Australian homes, we spotted the influence of this Modern painter on Modernist architects.
The first such indication of this and certainly the most familiar, is the mural in the Rose Seidler House courtyard.

The second was the colour scheme seen in the recently (and gorgeously renovated) McIntosh home in Balwyn, Melbourne. Known to MA for some time, we were pleased to see this beautiful home finally getting it’s due in a recent edition of snazzy home magazine, Habitus.

And finally, again in the bold and blocky colour scheme we see Mondrian as our new favourite home listing. This beautiful renovated property in South Australia is lovely testament to it’s obviously Mod owners, who now are seeking a new Modernist Australian to take over.

For more on this particular beauty, see our Real Estate Listings – South Australia.

If you know any other Mod Mon rippers out there – let us know!