Dutch1872–1944
Piet Mondrian
A Dutch painter who began with landscapes in the Hague School manner and ended with grids of black lines and primary colours, among the purest abstract paintings ever made.
A life in paintings
- 1872Born
- 1900
- 1908Was influenced by Jan TooropDomburg
Toorop drew Mondrian's attention to the Zeeland resort of Domburg, and his Domburg canvases at the 1908 St Lucas exhibition converted Mondrian to Luminism; the two became its leading Dutch representatives (1908-11).
Source: Kunstmuseum Den Haag - 1909
- 1939The Second World War begins
War begins. Mondrian leaves Paris for London in 1938 and New York in 1940.
Source: Wikipedia - 1944Died
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Exhibition · Berlin · 1913
Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon (1913)
The First German Autumn Salon, organised by Herwarth Walden at his Der Sturm gallery in Berlin in 1913 and curated by August Macke and Franz Marc. It included a memorial show for Henri Rousseau.
- Alexej von Jawlensky
- Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso
- August Macke
- Fernand Léger
- Franz Marc
- Henri Rousseau
- Marsden Hartley
- Paul Klee
- Robert Delaunay
- Wassily Kandinsky
Source: Wikipedia