Piet Mondrian

Born

March 7, 1872

Died

February 1, 1944 (aged 71)

Known as

painter, draftsperson, architectural drafter, illustrator, etcher, visual artist

Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan, known after 1911 as Piet Mondrian, 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.

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