Mondrian

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A Dutch painter who made abstract pictures of black lines and blocks of red, yellow, and blue

proper noun
/ˈmɒndriən/

: Mondrian

My art teacher, Mrs. Tso, held up a painting I had done in imitation of Mondrian and said, "Poor David!"
Piet Mondrian
Kandinsky and Mondrian
Mondrian and Jackson Pollock

And what came out the other side, Art like this, Mondrian, Moore, Calder, worth millions to us today.

Examples

- Do you know Mondrian?

The Human Factor (1979)
In Mondrian's studio, the American had seen a white wall with cardboard.

Academic text (1998)
l went to the studio of Mondrian, and l bought it from him.

Boogie Woogie (2010)
- You want to sell the Mondrian?

Boogie Woogie (2010)
l don't want to be indiscreet, but do you think they may eventually decide on selling the Mondrian?

Boogie Woogie (2010)
The art critic Robert Hughes wrote that "the philosophical beauty of Mondrian's squares and grids begins with the empirical beauty.

Blog text (22)
Calder often acknowledged that his first impulse to work in the abstract resulted from a visit to Piet Mondrian's studio in the fall of 1930.

Academic text (1998)
Her Mondrian-patterned pants, with squares of pale blue, yellow, and green, cling to her thighs like crisscross ribbons.

Fiction book (2002)
Piet Mondrian is celebrated for his use of primary colors and geometric forms in abstract painting.
Many art enthusiasts admire the unique style of Mondrian, characterized by bold lines and vibrant colors.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Mondrian comes from Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter famous for simple black lines and big blocks of the three 'primary' colors. So, when people call a design 'Mondrian', they mean it looks like a clear 'grid' of lines with bold color blocks.