The Dutch painter Piet Mondrian left an unmistakable mark on the world of art -- which is why a city in his homeland is paying him tribute. Mark Phillips takes us on a walking tour: Walk along any ...

The heirs of Piet Mondrian have filed a lawsuit in a US district court seeking the return of a quartet of paintings by the Dutch artist— reportedly valued at over $200 million—from the Kunstmuseen ...

Piet Mondrian, “Windmill in Twilight” (c. 1907-1908), oil on canvas, 67.5 x 117.5 cm; © Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague, the Netherlands (all images courtesy ...

Piet Mondrian in his studio in Amsterdam, Spring 1906. (image courtesy RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History) Two of the great European modernist painters, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, have ...

Perhaps one of the most divisive figures in Modern art is Piet Mondrian—his primary colored, linear abstractions prompting grumbles of “my kid could do that” by philistines all over the world. But the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Diane Daniel, Special to The Washington Post THE HAGUE — You might notice it from the highway, in the form of a high-rise sporting a colorful grid on its ...

A painting by one of the pioneers of abstract art has broken the artist's own record by selling for more than $75 million at auction. Composition No. II was finished in 1930, one of almost 30 of Dutch ...

While resident in London (he arrived in 1938 before the Nazi invasion of France), Piet Mondrian caught the eye of a brainy female Oxford University graduate. Henry Moore, his Belsize Park neighbour, ...

How did the work of a conceptually difficult abstract painter from the early 20th century come to be plastered on contemporary hotel décor, Yves Saint Laurent dresses, furniture, and jigsaw puzzles?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two visitors look at ‘New York City 1 (unfinished)’ by Piet Mondrian at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, western Germany (DDP/AFP via ...

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 ...

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