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
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Piet Mondrian, Composition in Brown and Gray
This painting is purely abstract, but Mondrian hasn’t obliterated his own hand—step closer to see the brushstrokes.