Full Name | Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (before 1906), Piet Mondrian (after 1906) |
Date of Birth | 7 March 1872 |
Place of Birth | Amersfoort, Netherlands |
Date of Death | 1 February 1944 |
Place of Death | New York City, U.S. |
Education | Rijksakademie (Academy of Fine Arts), Amsterdam |
Known For | Painting |
Notable Works | Evening; Red Tree, Gray Tree; Composition with Red Blue and Yellow; Broadway Boogie Woogie; Victory Boogie Woogie |
Movement | De Stijl, abstract art |
Contribution | Pioneering 20th-century abstract art, co-founding the De Stijl art movement, developing Neoplasticism, limiting his formal vocabulary to simple geometric elements |
Influence | Major influence on abstract painting, Color Field painting, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, design, architecture, and fashion |