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Piet Mondrian

Also known as Mondrian, Mondriaan, Piet Cornelis Mondrian, Piet Cornelies Mondrian, Piet Mondriaan, Pieter Cornelis Mondrian

Dutch painter (1872–1944)

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Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was a Dutch painter, draftsperson, and illustrator. Born Pieter Cornelis, he was a citizen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and worked in Amsterdam, Paris, Domburg, and New York City, where he died of pneumonia. He was educated at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten.

Mondrian was associated with the movements of Post-impressionism, De Stijl, and Symbolism. He was a member of Arti et Amicitiae, De Stijl, Abstraction-Création, and American Abstract Artists. His artistic development was influenced by cubism, Theosophical Society, anthroposophy, and Bart van der Leck. Notable works include *Victory Boogie Woogie* and *Broadway Boogie Woogie*.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 20

Top works

Hilma Af Klint and Piet Mondrian - Forms of Life
Música y pintura
Realidad Natural Y Realidad Abstracta
Arte plástico y arte plástico puro
Mondrian and Photography

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Netherlands
Active from: 1872
Active to: 1944

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 372
Total plays: 7,235

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5 total works indexed

Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal or Junctional Cancer
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Epidemic processes in complex networks
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A hierarchical O(N log N) force-calculation algorithm
· 1986 · cited 2,929x
Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery
· 2013 · cited 2,196x
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy plus surgery versus surgery alone for oesophageal or junctional cancer (CROSS): long-term results of a randomised controlled trial
· 2015 · cited 2,185x

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Quotes

“I often sketched by moonlight {in the 1890's] - cows resting or standing immovable in flat Dutch meadows, or houses with dead, blank windows. I never painted these things romantically, but from the very beginning I was always a realist.”
“When I first saw the work of the Impressionists, Van Gogh, Van Dongen and the Fauves, I admired it. But I had to seek the true way alone.”
“I believe that in our period it is definitely necessary that, as far as possible, the paint is applied in pure colours, set next to each other in a pointillist or diffuse manner. This is stated strongly, and yet it relates to the idea which is the basis of meaningful expression in form, as I see it. It seems to me that the clarity of ideas should be accompanied by a clarity of technique.”
“For the present at least [1909] I shall restrict my work to the ordinary world of the senses, since that is the world in which we still live. But nevertheless art even now form a transition to the finer regions, which perhaps I am incorrect in calling spiritual, for everything that has form is not yet spiritual, as I read somewhere. But it is nonetheless the path of ascension away from matter. Well dear Querido, with many heartfelt wishes, Piet Mondriaan.”
“He [ Jan Toorop, an older and famous Dutch religious painter] sees the Catholic faith as A. Besant, [a British Theosophiste and women's right activiste, then] views it in its primeval period: the Catholic religion as it was originally, is the same as Theosophy, is it not? I remained broadly in agreement with Toorop, and I could tell that he goes to the depths, and that he is searching for the spiritual.”
“The first thing to change in my painting was the color [c. 1908-09]. I forsook natural color for pure color. I had come to feel that the colors of nature cannot be reproduced on canvas. Instinctively I felt that painting had to find a new way to express the beauty of nature.”

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Described at

Mondriaan, Pieter Cornelis (Piet) – Vereniging Vrienden Nieuwe Kunst 1900

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Cornelis
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Place of death: New York City
Occupation: interior designer
Educated at: Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
Languages spoken: Dutch
Native language: Dutch
Notable work: Broadway Boogie Woogie
Participant in: Documenta III
Field of work: painting
Genre: self-portrait
Movement: Symbolism
Image: Piet Mondriaan.jpg
Work location: London

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Commons category: Piet Mondrian
date of birth: 1872-03-07
date of death: 1944-02-01
Commons gallery: Piet Mondrian
cause of death: pneumonia
Commons Creator page: Piet Mondrian
member of: American Abstract Artists
influenced by: Pablo Picasso
topic's main category: Category:Piet Mondrian
manner of death: natural causes
archives at: RKD - Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis
name in native language: Pieter Cornelis (Piet) Mondriaan
has works in the collection: National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
start of work period: 1893-01-01
end of work period: 1944-01-01
student: Agatha Zethraeus.
birth name: Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan
described at URL: www.vvnk.nl/monografieen/mondriaan-pieter-cornelis-piet
partner in business or sport: Theo van Doesburg

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Works in European collections

33 objects attributed to Piet Mondrian, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan ( Dutch: [ˈpitər kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈmɔndrijaːn]; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), known after 1911 as Piet Mondrian (/piːt ˈmɒndriɑːn/, US also /- ˈmɔːn-/; Dutch: [pit ˈmɔndrijɑn]), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician, who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He was one of the pioneers of 20th-century abstract art, as he changed his artistic direction from figurative painting to an increasingly abstract style, until he reached a point where his artistic vocabulary was taken down to simple geometric elements.

Mondrian's art was highly utopian, and was concerned with a search for universal values and aesthetics. He proclaimed in 1914, "Art is higher than reality and has no direct relation to reality. To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual. We find ourselves in the presence of an abstract art. Art should be above reality, otherwise it would have no value for man."

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Piet Mondrian