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Mondrian

[ mawn-dree-ahn, mon-; Dutch mon-dree-ahn ]

noun

  1. Piet [peet], Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan, 1872–1944, Dutch painter.


Mondrian

/ ˈmɔndriːaːn /

noun

  1. MondrianPiet18721944MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Piet (piːt). 1872–1944, Dutch painter, noted esp as an exponent of the abstract art movement De Stijl
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The exhibit also includes examples of designers borrowing from fine art, as Yves Saint Laurent did with his Mondrian dress.

Even the watermelon he serves me is in keeping with a certain aesthetic—perfectly arranged squares, like a Mondrian painting.

Seen from the air, the landscape looks like a Mondrian grid, but its logic is purely abstract.

Newell was working in a mode of Geometric Abstraction that derives from Malevich and Mondrian.

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