Sunday, September 20, 2009

Piet Mondrian and Geometric Abstraction


Mondrian and the quest for "universal harmony"


Less is often more - such is Piet Mondrian's approach to art. His main pictorial elements are horizontals and verticals, his preferred colours yellow, red and blue.

Throughout his life, Mondrian (1872-1944) applied these simple elements in his quest for "universal harmony".