Piet Mondrian is one of the leading figures in the field of abstraction. Mondrian moved to Paris in 1911, after being trapped in the Netherlands during the ww1.
Although figurative in style his fascination with Theosophy (a philosophy regarding divinity and the uncovering of natures hidden truths focusing on bonds that unite the universe) is entirely present.The triptych of 1910 however remained too literal to adequately express 'invisible truths' or mysteries of the world. Mondrain soon dropped his Symbolist art style to pursue something, anything, which could express his theosophical beliefs. Mondrain soon began a journey which started at his work 'Piers and Ocean' in which Mondrain began a purification of what he saw. He reduced the Pier and Ocean to horizontal and vertical lines and monochromatic tones.
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