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Piet Mondrian was born on March 7, 1872 in Amersfoort, Netherlands

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He became a certified teacher for art.

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Mondrian's art was put in display at an art society known as Kunstliefde (“Art Lovers”).

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He changed his style of painting to landscape.

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Mondrian put Van Gogh’s bold color usage to use in his sketch, Red Cloud

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He made:
Woods Near Oele
Windmill in Sunshine
The Red Tree

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Mondrian joined the Dutch Luminst movement, an offshoot of French Neo-impressionism.

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Mondrian had his Luminist movement work shown at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

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Mondrian had his Luminist movement work shown at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

The same year, he joined the Theosophical Society, a group that believed that spirits and matter were intertwined.

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Mondrian decided to go international. He submitted an abstract painting of his to Salon des Indépendants in Paris.

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Mondrian got to see Cubist paintings for the first time. He was greatly inspired by their structure and used Cubism as a gateway into his own vision of abstract art. He ended up moving there.

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Still Life of Gingerpot was created. It was his first Cubist painting.

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WW1 broke out and Piet Mondrian was stuck in the Netherlands when he wanted to visit his father

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End of Cubist Period

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Mondrian and three other friends founded De Stijl, a movement that rejected subjects that were naturally perceived. It also restricted elements to primary and neutral colors and straight lines. Mondrian called this Neo-plasticism.

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Mondrian moved back to Paris

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He told about his principle of neoplasticism in a booklet Le Néo-plasticisme in Paris.

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He was forced to New York City because of WW2

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He started Victory Boogie Woogie after WW2 ended which was his last painting. It was never finished.

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He died in his apartment due to pneumonia.