Artists
Piet Mondrian
- Country:
- Netherlands
- Birth year:
- 1872
- Death year:
- 1944
Piet Mondrian was a Dutch painter and theorist. His work marks the transition from the Hague school and Symbolism to Neo-Impressionism and Cubism. He set out his theory in the periodical called De Stijl, in a series of articles. The essence of Mondrian’s ideas is that painting, composed of the most fundamental aspects of line and colour, must set an example to the other arts for achieving a society in which art as such has no place but belongs instead to the total realization of ‘beauty’. Mondrian, in his lifetime was regarded as the founder of the modern art. His artistic ideas and talent caused him to earn fame and money during his lifetime. His works were appreciated by artists, musicians and architects at the time.