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10 Fun Facts Artist Piet Mondrian Did You Know
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10 Fun Facts about artist Piet Mondrian, founder of the Neo-Plasticism art movement. • Facts you may not know, including his love of dancing, his studio furniture was painted black white and red and more interesting information about the artist. #funfacts #didyouknow • Transcript: • Facts include: • March 1872 - February 1944 • Known for: abstract art, founded Neo-Plasticism, co-founded De Stijl, The Style. • Fact 1: Piet Mondrian never used a ruler for the black lines in his artwork. • The lines were very carefully painted. • Fact 2: Mondrian’s Composition artwork inspired fashion designers. • Designer Yves Saint Laurent used Mondrian's block color style • in his 1965 Cocktail Dresses collection. • Fact 3: Mondrian was an early work-from-home adopter. His studio was also his home. • He painted his walls white or black and covered them with rectangles and his own artwork. • Mondrian’s Paris apartment furniture was painted or upholstered in the colours of his paintings. • Fact 4: Piet Mondrian’s name is an anagram: “I Paint Modern”. • His birth name was Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan and he shortened it over time. • Fact 5: In 2022 Piet Mondrian's Composition No. II sold for a record breaking $US51 million. • The painting last sold for $US2.1 million in 1983. • Fact 6: Katy Perry wears a Mondrian abstract block colour dress in her music video “This is How We Do” with Mondrian-style artwork background. • Fact 7: Mondrian used horizontal vertical straight lines for balance of opposing forces. • The right angles in the painting were always upright. • Fact 8: Mondrian’s scientific drawings were part of Nobel-prize-winning science research. • After graduation he worked at Leiden University creating scientific drawings of bacteria under a microscope. • Fact 9: Mondrian always mixed his paint colors himself. He never worked with paint straight from the tube. • Fact 10: Mondrian loved jazz music dancing the Charleston. • His artworks were influenced by the rhythm and vibrancy of music and dance. • Mondrian inspired LEGO Art created using LEGO blocks in white, black, red, blue, yellow and grey. • View @SuperIdeasLab the Ten Minute Mondrian inspired Countdown video.
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