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  • Both the Abstract Expressionists and the early European abstractionists, such as Piet Mondrian and Vasily Kandinsky, were appreciated almost exclusively for the formal values in their work.

    Space Men Flam, Jack 2001

  • "'Cézanne and Beyond' juxtaposes about 60 paintings and watercolours by the French master with roughly twice that many by the others: Europeans such as Piet Mondrian, Fernand Léger,

    The Moderate Voice 2009

  • There's nothing especially wrong with Mr. Hirst's spot paintings, but they are a little skimpy in the color department think Home Depot's sample card racks, and unlike, say, Kazimir Malevich or Piet Mondrian, Mr. Hirst doesn't seem to be at all obsessed with getting to the reductive essence of something profound.

    Sowing Seeds of Discussion Peter Plagens 2012

  • Built on the innovations of Wassily Kandinsky, the Suprematism of Malevich 1878-1935 laid the groundwork, in 1915, for Russian Constructivism and the beautifully severe Neoplasticism of Piet Mondrian.

    Intersecting Planes and Opposing Angles Lance Esplund 2011

  • If Mr. Smedley is a maker of orderly patterns à la Piet Mondrian, Mr. Hoberman is an action painter in the style of Jackson Pollock.

    Films in Fraught Times Stefan Kanfer 2011

  • One of the most amusing scenes in the book involves a star-struck Krasner going out dancing with Piet Mondrian, the Dutch master of geometric abstraction, whose famed painting "Broadway Boogie Woogie" was inspired by a genuine affection for cutting a rug.

    A Painter in Her Own Right Jonathan Lopez 2011

  • The dress is based on the paintings of famed Dutch abstract, geometric painter Piet Mondrian.

    A Piece of the Royal Garb Margaret Studer 2011

  • Only a curator could love her "Melt Down" series from 1990, small monochrome oil paintings determined by the average tint in the oeuvres of Piet Mondrian, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Claude Monet.

    Duchamp Redux Richard B. Woodward 2011

  • Few artists—Piet Mondrian and Henri Matisse among them—can do enough with only two shapes and two colors to warrant pilgrimages to three separate galleries.

    Mind Games for the Surreal Lance Esplund 2011

  • He is also linked with the De Stijl artistic movement, especially the abstract language and use of primary colors associated with the artist Piet Mondrian.

    A World Where Less Made More Colin Amery 2011

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