This was the new 'pure plastic art' which he believed was necessary in order to create 'universal beauty'.
He evolved a non-representational form which he termed Neoplasticism. He was a contributor to the De Stijl art movement and group, which he co-founded with Theo van Doesburg. Art should be above reality, otherwise it would have no value for man." We find ourselves in the presence of an abstract art. To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual. He proclaimed in 1914: "Art is higher than reality and has no direct relation to reality. Mondrian's art was highly utopian and was concerned with a search for universal values and aesthetics. He is known for being 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 reduced to simple geometric elements.
Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan ( Dutch: ), after 1906 known as Piet Mondrian ( / p iː t ˈ m ɒ n d r i ɑː n/, also US: /- ˈ m ɔː n-/, Dutch: 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Rijksakademie (Academy of Fine Arts), AmsterdamĮvening Red Tree, Gray Tree, Composition with Red Blue and Yellow, Broadway Boogie Woogie, Victory Boogie Woogie
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