Maker/Artist
Mondrian, Piet
Dutch painter, 1872-1944
Piet Mondrian was a realistic landscape painter before moving to Paris and being influenced by the Cubist movement. Later, Mondrian was involved in the De Stijl movement (1917-1931) in art and architecture, publishing several essays in the De Stijl journal. He developed a rigorous form of Comment on works: abstract painting known as Neo-Plasticism, which generally reduces forms to geometrical shapes in primary colors. Comment on works: abstract