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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.

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A life in paintings

  1. 1872
    Born
  2. 1900
  3. 1908
    Was 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).

  4. 1909
  5. 1939
    The Second World War begins

    War begins. Mondrian leaves Paris for London in 1938 and New York in 1940.

    Source: Wikipedia
  6. 1944
    Died

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J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles

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Yale University Art Gallery

New Haven

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