P
himself to only the purest essence and most fundamental elements of art, Piet Mondrian utterly rewrote the rulebook for the construction of the
masterpiece. In doing so, his pioneering abstract paintings and compositions formed an aesthetic which would go on to shape the 20th century, and influence
every corner of the art world and creative industries, even reformulating the way we approach visual culture in its entirety.
Portrait of Piet Mondrian, photo by Arnold Newman, ©Getty Images.