Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was a Dutch painter and one of the first European artists to make non-representational paintings as part of the De Stijl, or ‘The Style’, movement. His 1930 painting Composition in Red, Blue and Yellow is the result of years of experimentation seeking pure simplification in painting. Its primary colors of blue, red, and yellow are gridded by thick black lines and white squares. Mondrian believed that his form of abstraction simplified the art of painting and highlighted the unique material and formal properties that only a painting could achieve.

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