Piet Mondrian: References & Edit History
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Life and work
The first comprehensive source on Mondrian was Michel Seuphor, Piet Mondrian: Life and Work (1956), a descriptive catalog of all Mondrian’s paintings with an extensive bibliography. Another extensive catalog was Maria Grazia Ottolenghi, L’opera completa di Mondrian (1974); while a more recent one is Robert P. Welsh and Joop M. Joosten, Piet Mondrian: Catalogue Raisonné, 3 vol. in 2 (1998). Further monographs on Mondrian include Frank Elgar, Mondrian, trans. from French (1968); L.J.F. Wijsenbeek, Piet Mondrian, trans. from Dutch (1968), written by a former director of Haags Gemeentemuseum, which houses the largest collection of Mondrian’s work; Hans L.C. Jaffé, Piet Mondrian (1970); and John Milner, Mondrian (1992, reissued 1994).
Themes and criticism
Specific aspects of Mondrian’s oeuvre and artistic goals are examined in Nancy J. Troy, Mondrian and Neo-Plasticism in America (1979); Kermit Swiler Champa, Mondrian Studies (1985); David Shapiro and Christopher Sweet, Mondrian Flowers: Essay (1991); Meyer Schapiro, Mondrian: On the Humanity of Abstract Painting (1995); and Serge Fauchereau, Mondrian and the Neo-Plasticist Utopia (1994).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Art in Context - Piet Mondrian - The Life and Works of the Famous Color Block Artist. | Oct 28, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 03, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Art Institute of Chicago - Piet Mondrian. | Oct 31, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Europeana - Inspiring movement: Piet Mondrian, painting and migration. | Jan 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Piet Mondrian and the six lines that made a masterpiece. | Nov 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Piet Mondrian and EL Lissitzky. | Aug 23, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Mondrian, Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow. | Mar 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Piet Mondrian. | Dec 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art in Context - Piet Mondrian - The Life and Works of the Famous Color Block Artist. | Sep 01, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Netherland Institute - Piet Mondrian. | Jul 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of Piet Mondrian. | Dec 26, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Painters - Piet Mondrian. | Apr 17, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 12, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Artnet - Biography of Piet Mondrian. | Feb 14, 2019 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 03, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 26, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art UK - Biography of Piet Mondrian. | Apr 22, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Biography of Piet Mondrian. | Apr 22, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Guggenheim - Biography of Piet Mondrian. | Apr 22, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Art Story - Biography of Piet Mondrian. | Apr 22, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Making Art Fun! - Art Library - Biography of Piet Mondrian. | Apr 21, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: MoMA - Biography of Piet Mondrian. | Feb 24, 2014 | ||
| Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." | Sep 15, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Paintings.name - Biography of Piet Mondrian. | Nov 19, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: EmptyEasel - Biography of Piet Mondrian. | Nov 19, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Official Site of Piet Mondrian. | Nov 19, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Guggenheim Collection - Biography of Piet Mondrian. | Nov 19, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 25, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 16, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |