Mondrian, De Stijl
By: [Herausgeber, Helmut Friedel und Matthias Mühling]
Contributors: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München
Publisher: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau; Hatje Cantz
Published: 2011
Place of publication: München; Ostfildern
Language: ger; eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9783775730235
Subjects: European Art; De Stijl (Art movement); Exhibitions
Other titles: Mondrian und De Stijl
Description: "With the exception of the Bauhaus, probably no other art movement of the first half of the twentieth century has had such an influence on our everyday lives as the De Stijl group around Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg. Mondrian, along with Wassily Kandinsky and Kasimir Malevich one of abstract painting's founding fathers, created strictly geometrical paintings that today are icons of modernism. Their characteristic structure - a black frame with fields of primary colours and white - has long assumed a life of its own in art and fashion, advertising and popular culture. One focus of the publication ... is Mondrian's development towards abstraction - from his early works in the circle of the neo-impressionist luminists to his neoplasticistic period. A second focus is De Stijl's interdisciplinary approach, which will be shown with historical furniture, clothes, architectural drawings and models."--Book jacket.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, Apr. 16-Aug. 15, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references.