Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian, Dutch, 1872-1944
Piet Mondrian was born Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan, Jr., on March 7, 1872, in Amersfoort, the Netherlands.
He is known for being one of the pioneers of 20th-century abstract art, as he changed his artistic direction from figurative painting to
an increasingly abstract style until he reached a point where his artistic vocabulary was reduced to simple geometric elements.
– In 1909 a major exhibition of his work was held at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam,
– 1909 he joined the Theosophic Society
– 1909 and 1910 he experimented with Pointillism
– 1911 had begun to work in a Cubist mode.
– Moderne Kunstkring exhibition in 1911 in Amsterdam.
– Mondrian moved to Paris in 1912 and then he began to develop the abstract style, reduced his colors and geometric
shapes and neoplastic style until he died.
– 1917 Mondrian became one of the founders of De Stijl.- In July 1919 he returned to Paris and published in the periodical De Stijl
– 1923 he exhibited with De Stijl in 1923.
– Around 1925 he withdrew from the group van Doesburg and he reintroduced diagonal elements into his work.
– 1930 exhibition show Cercle et Carré (Circle and Square)
– 1931 joined Abstraction-Création.
– 1938 move to London
– 1940 move and settle in New York
He was a member of the American Abstract artist ass. And published Neoplasticism.
-1942 he had a first solo exhibition at the Valentine Dudensing Gallery, New York.

Mondrian died February 1, 1944, in New York.