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By the Sea by Piet Mondrian

By the Sea

Piet Mondrian · 1909

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DETAILS
Artist
Piet Mondrian
Date
1909
Location
Yale University Art Gallery
ART MOVEMENTS
Abstract artDe StijlHard-edge paintingOrphismPost-ImpressionismSymbolism
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THE ARTIST

Piet Mondrian

1872–1944 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

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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