Piet Mondrian
1872-1944 · Dutch · De Stijl, Neo-Plasticism, Abstract art
Biography
Piet Mondrian began as a landscape painter in the Netherlands, passed through Symbolism and Cubism in Paris, and by 1920 had reduced painting to black lines, white grounds and the three primary colours. With Theo van Doesburg he founded De Stijl in 1917, and his Neo-Plasticism shaped modern architecture, design and graphics. He left Paris for London in 1938 and New York in 1940, where the Boogie Woogie paintings closed his career. Classic grid paintings are few and many sit in museums, so each one at auction is a major event. Three have passed $47 million at auction, the record being $51 million in New York in 2022, while early landscapes trade far lower.
Recent auction results
| Composition with Red and BlueChristie's, New York | $23.06M | Nov 17, 2025 | heni.com |
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| Composition with Large Red Plane, Bluish Gray, Yellow, Black and BlueChristie's, New York | $47.56M | May 12, 2025 | heni.com |
Market
- Liquidity: Medium
Museums
- Kunstmuseum Den Haag, L'Aia
- Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
- Tate Modern, Londra
- Fondation Beyeler, Riehen
Sources
- HENI News, record Composition No. II
- Sotheby's, Composition No. II
- Artnet News, Mondrian Riggio da Christie's (maggio 2025)
- HENI News, Composition with Red and Blue
- The Art Newspaper, Christie's London ottobre 2026
- HENI News, profilo Mondrian
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