Artist Piet Mondrian is known today for his patterns of black lines and bold, primary colors. But he started out painting classic Dutch landscapes. An exhibit at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague traces ...
A small show at the Museum of Fine Arts traces the Dutch artist’s fascinating evolution from landscapes to abstraction Try — just try — to read the name “Mondrian” and not think of right-angled ...
That was one of numerous revelations highlighted by conservators at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, Switzerland, who have concluded a multi-year research project that preceded a retrospective of the ...
For six years, the most comprehensive biography ever written on the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian was only available in Dutch. Thanks to a new translation, English-speaking audiences can now learn more ...
Is it too perverse to call Piet Mondrian the greatest US artist of the 20th century? True, he was born in 1872 in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, and spent youthful years in Dutch provinces like Domburg ...
The museum is located in the house where Mondrian was born and lived until he was 8 years old. It was a run-of-the-mill history museum until this year, when the staff transformed it into an innovative ...
The abstract paintings of the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) are so recognisable and copied that their art-historical significance can almost be overlooked. But a new exhibition, Mondrian ...
Piet Mondrian’s primary coloured geometric compositions say much about modern life, writes Alastair Sooke. “Before you start to think about Mondrian’s paintings,” says the Dutch artist’s biographer ...
The 100th anniversary of the Dutch modern-art movement de Stijl lets two museums put a renewed spotlight on a 20th-century master You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if ...