Can color just be color, rather than representing something else? Step into Mondrian’s studio to find out.
Mondrian
Mondrian believed that abstraction provided a truer picture of reality than illusionistic depictions of objects.
Mondrian, Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow
This painting is purely abstract, but Mondrian hasn’t obliterated his own hand—step closer to see the brushstrokes.
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