Mondrian

American  

[mawn-dree-ahn, mon-, mon-dree-ahn] / ˈmɔn driˌɑn, ˈmɒn-, ˈmɒn driˌɑn /

noun

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

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Mondrian British  

/ ˈmɔndriːaːn /

noun

1. Piet (piːt). 1872–1944, Dutch painter, noted esp as an exponent of the abstract art movement De Stijl

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Example Sentences

But a glimpse of “Maury” with a crisp Mondrian painting hanging in the background just falls flat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

The light show evokes the work of abstract artist Piet Mondrian.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2025

When the Dutchman Mondrian arrived in New York in 1940, fleeing first the Nazi occupation of Paris and then the London Blitz, his reputation as one of Europe’s most celebrated artists preceded him.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

The Central Valley fields, where Valdez labored as a boy, the second of 10 children in an itinerant farmworker family, are ablaze with colors that Mondrian would’ve coveted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023

Nevertheless, the problems he faced in composing the three-dimensional space of his work were not so very different from those later confronted by Mondrian.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson