Stringent, resolute, reduced: along with Kazimir Malevich and Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian is one of the most prominent protagonists of abstract geometric art. The Dutch painter gained notoriety with the founding of De Stijl in 1917 and with his radical self-imposed limitation to the primary colours red, yellow, and blue.
The present volume delves into the question of whether his work did indeed – as generally assumed – develop completely uncoupled from nature.