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Piet Mondrian Biography
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1872 |
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Born March 7th in Amersfoort, Netherlands
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1892 - 1897 |
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Studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
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1909 |
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Exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. That same year he joined the Theosophic Society
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1917 |
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Became one of the founders of De Stijl
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1923 |
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Exhibited with De Stijl
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1930 |
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Showed his work with Cercle et Carre (Circle and Square)
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1931 |
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Joined Abstraction-Creation
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1942 |
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First solo show at the Valentine Dudensing Gallery, New York
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1944 |
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Died February 1st in New York, US
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2005
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March 11 - June 19, "Piet Mondrian", Albertina, Vienna, Austria
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1995
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June 11 - Sept. 4, "Piet Mondrian: 1872-1944", National Gallery of Art, US
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1980
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Feb. - March, "Mondrian: Paintings and Drawings, 1900-1914", Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
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1976 - 1979
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"Piet Mondrian at the Guggenheim Museum", Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY
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1965
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Jan. - April, "Piet Mondrian", Santa Barbara, Museum of Art; and Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
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1965
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Washington D.C., The Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Piet Mondrian Retrospective
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