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Piet Mondrian

1872 - 1944

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Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (Dutch: [ˈpitər kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈmɔndrijaːn]; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), known after 1911 as Piet Mondrian (, US also , Dutch: [pit ˈmɔndrijɑn]), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He was one of the pioneers of 20th-century abstract art, as he changed his artistic direction from figurative painting to an increasingly abstract style, until he reached a point where his artistic vocabulary was reduced to simple geometric elements. Mondrian's art was highly utopian and was concerned with a search for universal values and aesthetics. He proclaimed in 1914: "Art is higher than reality and has no direct relation to reality. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Piet Mondrian is the 28th most popular painter (down from 21st in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 6th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Painter.

Piet Mondrian is most famous for his use of geometric shapes and primary colors in his paintings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Piet Mondrian ranks 28 out of 2,023. Before him are Giotto, Donatello, Titian, Gustav Klimt, El Greco, and Wassily Kandinsky. After him are Édouard Manet, Eugène Delacroix, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Amedeo Modigliani, and Joan Miró.

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Among people born in 1872, Piet Mondrian ranks 2. Before him is Roald Amundsen. After him are Haakon VII of Norway, Bertrand Russell, Alexandra Feodorovna, Richard Willstätter, Alexandra Kollontai, Calvin Coolidge, Charles Greeley Abbot, Johan Huizinga, Edith Wilson, and Emil Hácha. Among people deceased in 1944, Piet Mondrian ranks 4. Before him are Edvard Munch, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Wassily Kandinsky. After him are Romain Rolland, Erwin Rommel, Claus von Stauffenberg, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, William James Sidis, Charles Glover Barkla, Abdulmejid II, and Günther von Kluge.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Piet Mondrian ranks 7 out of 1,646. Before him are Vincent van Gogh (1853), Baruch Spinoza (1632), Rembrandt (1606), Erasmus (1466), William III of England (1650), and Johannes Vermeer (1632). After him are Johan Cruyff (1947), Pope Adrian VI (1459), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Mata Hari (1876), and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Piet Mondrian ranks 4. Before him are Vincent van Gogh (1853), Rembrandt (1606), and Johannes Vermeer (1632). After him are Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Jacob van Ruisdael (1628), Jan Steen (1626), Theo van Gogh (1857), Pieter de Hooch (1629), Han van Meegeren (1889), and Dieric Bouts (1415).

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