On a day like today, Dutch-American painter Piet Mondrian was born.
“abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality.”
— Piet Mondrian.
March 07, 1872.
Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan. 7 March 1872–1 February 1944.
He was a Dutch painter and theoretician who is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
He is known for being one of the pioneers of 20th-century abstract art, as he changed his artistic direction from figurative painting to abstract style until he reached a point where his artistic vocabulary was reduced to simple geometric elements.
Artist Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan was born On This Day, 150 years ago, in Amersfoort, the Netherlands.
While he’s best known for his geometric abstractions, his early paintings are also stunning, like this vibrantly-colored red…
