Mondrian by Taschen
The pioneer of abstract art. The search for harmony through red, yellow and blue
Number of pages 96
Measures 210 x 260 mm
A key figure in the international avant-garde movement, Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was an extraordinary painter and at the same time a prominent art theorist whose influence has not diminished one bit with the passage of time. After coining the term neoplasticism, he focused on painting composed solely of primary colours superimposed on a grid of vertical and horizontal black lines and a white background.
For Mondrian, this basic painting would help forge a society in which art as such would have no place, but would exist only for the total materialization of “beauty.” He spent time in Amsterdam, Paris, London and New York, and was inspired by both the modern metropolis and modern music, especially jazz. In 1917, he co-founded De Stijl, which began as a publication and later became a circle of adepts committed to a strict geometric art of horizontal and vertical lines.
Through key works and concise texts, this introductory book presents Mondrian's distinctive and pioneering work, a source of inspiration for fashion, art, architecture and design, from the album covers of the White Stripes to the dresses of Yves Saint Laurent.
