The work of Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), whose orderly black-and-white squares,punctuated occasionally by primary colors are instantly recognizable, played a crucialrole in shaping the avant-garde art of the twentieth century. Each section of thisvisual journey through his life and career takes its inspiration from the location ofone of Mondrian's studios and traces his path from Amsterdam to Paris, and via theDutch village of Laren to London and New York.
Each of these locations represents a distinct stage in the development ofMondrian's art: from the naturalistic paintings of the 1890s and the experimentalneo-Impressionist works of the early twentieth century to his involvement with theDe Stijl movement and his famous grid paintings, and finally the bold dynamism ofhis late work in the United States, inspired by the rhythms of jazz and the buzzingmetropolis. As Mondrian's art took the simplification of form to an extreme, the wallsof his studios became an ever-changing surface made up of cardboard rectanglespainted in primary colors, white, and gray.
Illustrated by a wealth of paintings as well as personal photographs, documents,and texts written by Mondrian himself, the book captures every facet of this uncompromisingartist's quest to represent the spirit of the modern world.
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