Piet Mondrian 1872-1944. #Dutch pioneer of #abstract #art #DeStijl, who developed from early landscape pictures to geometric abstract works of a most rigorous kind. Born in Amersfoort, Utrecht. Studied painting at the Amsterdam Academy 1892-4 and again, part-time, 1896-7. Friendship with the painter Simon Mans and painted landscapes in the Hague School tradition. Began to work in a more vividly coloured and sometimes pointillist style in 1908, joined the Theosophic Organisation in 1909 and made

The Man Who Changed Everything. How Piet #Mondrian (1872-1944), Member of #DeStijl Movement, became the world’s greatest abstract geometrist. He evolved a non-representational form which he termed #neoplasticism. This consisted of white ground, upon which he painted a #grid of vertical and horizontal black #lines and the three primary #colors. #HappyNewYear © Gemeente Museum Den Haag | Bauhaus Movement