They may be two of the best-known names in early 20th century modern art, but Piet Mondrian and Hilma af Klint never actually met. Decades after their deaths in 1944, they are enjoying a posthumous ...
One hundred and fifty years after his birth, Dutch artist Piet Mondrian’s work still feels as radical as ever. That’s the thesis of a new exhibition, “Mondrian Evolution,” at the Fondation Beyeler in ...
It is very uncommon for Mondrian’s artworks from his mature period in the 1920 and 1930s to go up for auction. They are usually housed in museum collections, given their significance to the ...
Hilma af Klint, "The Evolution, The WUS/Seven-Pointed Star Series, Group VI, No.15" (1908) (courtesy the Hilma af Klint Foundation) LONDON — Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (b. 1872) and Swedish artist ...
Paintings by Hilma af Klint from the 'SUW Series Group IX. Part 1' (1914-15) at Tate Modern Roses and irises appear alongside leaves, shells, spirals, overlapping and concentric circles, curlicues and ...
Piet Mondrian, the groundbreaking Dutch Modernist, is having a moment this fall. A new biography, Piet Mondrian: A Life, was released to rave reviews last month, and a retrospective marking the 150th ...
Surpassing Mondrian’s previous benchmark, when a 2015 Christie’s auction realised $50.5 million for a 1929 painting, the Sotheby’s sale was the first time Mondrian’s 1930 Composition No. II appeared ...
(CNN) — One of Piet Mondrian’s iconic abstract paintings sold for $51 million at Sotheby’s New York on Monday, setting a new auction record for the Dutch artist’s work. Featuring his signature blue, ...
Abstract artist Piet Mondrian’s masterpiece, Composition No. II, is expected to achieve more than US$50 million at a Sotheby’s auction in November. The square painting, created in 1930, features the ...
The difference between two similar looking paintings can be millions of dollars. Can you spot the most expensive ones from New York’s recent auction week? By Zachary Small and Josephine Sedgwick There ...