Composition

Piet MondrianNetherlands

Date

1921

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

19 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (49.5 × 49.5 cm)

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dutch painter and theorist best known for his involvement in the De Stijl movement and his creation of Neo-Plasticism, a form of non-representational geometric abstraction inspired by Theosophy (a form of religious mysticism based on Buddhist and Brahmin teachings) and Cubism. Mondrian’s paintings have become icons of twentieth century abstraction.