OTD March 7th. 1872 Piet Mondrian Dutch Painter
On March 7th. 1872, Piet Mondrian (Mondriaan in Dutch) was born in Amersfoort
(The Netherlands).
(The Netherlands).
Piet Mondrian
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His parents were Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan and Johanna Christina de Kok.
His father teached him to draw.
Piet Mondrian with his brothers and sisters
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Timeline
1890: a first exposition of Piet Mondrian's work in The Hague.
1892: he received a scholarship from Queen Emma of The Netherlands.
1901: he made a remembrance plate about the wedding of
Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands and her husband, Prince Henry.
From 1905-1907: he painted a lot of landscapes around Amsterdam.
1911: Mondrian traveled to Paris.
In Paris he changed his name from Mondriaan to Mondrian (it was translated from
Dutch to English or French).
Mondrian Grey Tree
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1915: exposition in Amsterdam.
1917 he started the Dutch magazine 'De Stijl'.
1940 Mondrian moved to New York.
There he died on February 1st. 1944.
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