notes on Piet Mondrian

o In 1942, his first solo show took place at the Valentine Dudensing Gallery, New York.

o Mondrian died February 1, 1944, in New York. his work was held at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

o In 1909 and 1910, he experimented with Pointillism and by 1911 had begun to work in a Cubist mode.

o Mondrian decided to move to Paris.

o During war years in Holland, he further reduced his colors and geometric shapes and formulated his non-objective Neo-Plastic style.

o Mondrian’s essays on abstract art were published in the periodical De Stijl.

o His late style evolved significantly in response to the city.

o He exhibited with De Stijl in 1923, but withdrew from the group around 1925.

o World War II forced Mondrian to move to London in 1938 and then to settle in New York in October 1940.

o He returned to Paris in July 1919.

o From 1912 to 1914, he began to develop an independent abstract style. This group extended its principles of abstraction and simplification beyond to architecture and graphic and industrial design.

o Mondrian was visiting the Netherlands when World War I broke out and prevented his return to Paris.