Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan was a Dutch painter born in 1872 who pioneered abstract art. He began his career painting realistic landscapes but evolved through fauvism and divisionism after being influenced by artists like Jan Toorop, Jan Sluyters, Edvard Munch, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh. In the early 20th century, Mondriaan's style became more abstract as he incorporated Cubist principles and limited his palette to primary colors separated by black lines, founding the De Stijl art movement. He is recognized as one of the pioneers of pure abstraction in painting.

1. Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan
His real name Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan - he changed
his name in 1912 in Paris to distinguish himself from
his uncle very reserved towards his art
Mondrian was born in Amersfoort in 1872 and died in
1944 studied at the Academy des beaux-Arts in
Amsterdam between 1892 and 1895 recognized as one
of the pioneers of abstraction methodical practice
His was in Movement
Abstract art, Neoclassicism one of the founders of the
Dutch modern movement De Stijl

2. • It begins by creating realistic landscapes before evolving into a form
of fauvism and divisionism after its discovery by Jan Toorop, Jan
Sluyters but Munch, Seurat and Van Gogh

3. • In 1908 he be influenced by E. Munch and art nouveau, sentimental
and moralistic themes: child praying (devotion) or dying
chrysanthemum

4. The Gray Tree (1912)
• Mondrian's early transition toward abstraction
• and his application of Cubist principles to represent the landscape.
• there is still an allusion to the tree as it appears in nature

5. Pier and Ocean (1915)
• definitive step in Mondrian's path toward pure abstraction
• Here he has eliminated diagonal and curved lines as well as color

6. Composition with Color Planes (1917)
• Mondrian helped found the group of artists and architects called De
Stijl, and it was during this period he refined his style of abstraction
even further
• shows his break with Analytic Cubism and exemplifies the principles
he expressed in his essay

7. Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black,
Gray, and Blue (1921)
• In the 1920s, Mondrian began to create the definitive abstract
paintings for which he is be
• He limited his palette to white, black, gray, and the three primary
colorist known
• with the composition constructed from thick, black horizontal and
vertical lines that delineated the outlines of the various rectangles of
color or reserve

8. INFLUENCE IN ARCHITECTURE