Painters

Piet Mondrian

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Full NamePieter Cornelis Mondriaan (before 1906), Piet Mondrian (after 1906)
Date of Birth7 March 1872
Place of BirthAmersfoort, Netherlands
Date of Death1 February 1944
Place of DeathNew York City, U.S.
EducationRijksakademie (Academy of Fine Arts), Amsterdam
Known ForPainting
Notable WorksEvening; Red Tree, Gray Tree; Composition with Red Blue and Yellow; Broadway Boogie Woogie; Victory Boogie Woogie
MovementDe Stijl, abstract art
ContributionPioneering 20th-century abstract art, co-founding the De Stijl art movement, developing Neoplasticism, limiting his formal vocabulary to simple geometric elements
InfluenceMajor influence on abstract painting, Color Field painting, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, design, architecture, and fashion

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