Piet Mondrian

In 1872 a man named Piet Mondrian was born in Amersfoort, Netherlands. He grew up interested in painting and the surrounding environment. Following the standard painting style of the time, which was impressionism Mondrian, began painting. He studies at The Amsterdam Academy of Fine Arts. He started off painting calm landscapes painted in grays, pinks, and dark greens. Soon Mondrian became influenced by a style known as cubism. Soon after that he started his own style. …

…compulsive neurotic and could never bear to see anything disordered or untidy. He seemed to suffer acutely, for instance, if a table had not been laid with perfect symmetry.” Mondrian was one of the most influential artists in the 1900’s. His thoughts on “abstraction and simplification” not only altered the course of painting but also put forth a large influence on architecture, industrial design, and the graphic arts. Mondrian died in New York on February 1, 1944.