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Composition A: Composition with Black, Red, Gray, Yellow, and Blue by Piet Mondrian

Composition A: Composition with Black, Red, Gray, Yellow, and Blue

Piet Mondrian · 1920

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Artist
Piet Mondrian
Date
1920
Location
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma
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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