He proclaimed in 1914: "Art is higher than reality and has no direct relation to reality. Mondrian's art was highly utopian and was concerned with a search for universal values and aesthetics. He is known for being one of the pioneers of 20th-century abstract art, as he changed his artistic direction from figurative painting to an increasingly abstract style, until he reached a point where his artistic vocabulary was reduced to simple geometric elements. Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan ( Dutch: ), after 1906 known as Piet Mondrian ( / p iː t ˈ m ɒ n d r i ɑː n/, also US: /- ˈ m ɔː n-/, Dutch: 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. ![]() ![]() Rijksakademie (Academy of Fine Arts), AmsterdamĮvening Red Tree, Gray Tree, Composition with Red Blue and Yellow, Broadway Boogie Woogie, Victory Boogie Woogie
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