• The master of modern abstraction • Entertaining insights into the cultural life at the beginning of the 20th century • Fourth volume of the successful AZ series

Pivotal in modern art's move towards abstraction, Piet Mondrian's oeuvre is extraordinarily versatile and complex. Not only did he paint and draw, he also wrote extensively about his thoughts and theories on art and life. Moving from traditional Dutch landscape painting to a pronounced rhythmic framework focusing on compositional structure rather than naturalistic representation, Mondrian was profoundly impressed by contemporary culture. Thus, he was not only inspired by the pattern of the extensive Dutch canal system, but also by the rhythm of jazz and the foxtrot. Demonstrating the impact of his oeuvre, Yves Saint-Laurent's famous "Mondrian Dress" even made him a fashion icon posthumously.

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PIET MONDRIANs (1872-1944) Frühwerk ist von der niederländischen Landschaftsmalerei des 19. Jahrhundert geprägt. Weltruhm aber erlangte der Maler durch seine streng abstrakt-geometrischen Kompositionen. Mondrian arbeitete in Paris, London und New York, wo er in engem Austausch mit der Avantgarde seiner Zeit stand.