The Dutchman Piet Mondrian is considered the founder of neoplasticism and abstract painting. He was born in Amersfoort in 1872 and studied art at the Amsterdam Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten from 1892 to 1897. In his early works Mondrian oriented himself towards naturalistic landscape painting. Until about 1910 his paintings were significantly influenced by Vincent van Gogh. When the artist moved to Paris in 1911, he was inspired by the works of the cubists Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. From this painting style he created his first own modern formal language.
Back in the Netherlands, Piet Mondrian founded the group "De Stijl" in 1917 together with Theo van Doesburg and other artists. The aim was to develop a new abstract art. The reduction to the primary colours red, blue and yellow, the non-colours white and black, and to horizontal and vertical lines permeated the group's architecture, furniture design and paintings. After the end of World War I, Mondrian moved back to Paris in 1919, where he continued to develop his style until 1938. His most famous painting is the "Komposition mit Rot, Gelb, Blau und Schwarz" from 1921.
When World War II threatened, Mondrian moved first to London and later to New York, where he conquered the art market with innovative works such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie". At the age of 72, Piet Mondrian died on February 1, 1944 in New York as a result of acute pneumonia.
The Dutchman Piet Mondrian is considered the founder of neoplasticism and abstract painting. He was born in Amersfoort in 1872 and studied art at the Amsterdam Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten from 1892 to 1897. In his early works Mondrian oriented himself towards naturalistic landscape painting. Until about 1910 his paintings were significantly influenced by Vincent van Gogh. When the artist moved to Paris in 1911, he was inspired by the works of the cubists Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. From this painting style he created his first own modern formal language.
Back in the Netherlands, Piet Mondrian founded the group "De Stijl" in 1917 together with Theo van Doesburg and other artists. The aim was to develop a new abstract art. The reduction to the primary colours red, blue and yellow, the non-colours white and black, and to horizontal and vertical lines permeated the group's architecture, furniture design and paintings. After the end of World War I, Mondrian moved back to Paris in 1919, where he continued to develop his style until 1938. His most famous painting is the "Komposition mit Rot, Gelb, Blau und Schwarz" from 1921.
When World War II threatened, Mondrian moved first to London and later to New York, where he conquered the art market with innovative works such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie". At the age of 72, Piet Mondrian died on February 1, 1944 in New York as a result of acute pneumonia.
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