I was looking up some information on abstract art and came across neoplasticism, I thought it was pretty interesting so I thought I'd share it. Neoplasticism is the belief that art should not be the reproduction of real objects, but the expression of the absolutes of life. To the artists the only absolutes in life are vertical and horizontal lines and the primary colors. So neoplasticisist only used planar elements and the colors red, yellow, and blue. The neoplastic movement happened in the 1910's and the two main painters of this movement where Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg.
The piece to the left is Piet Mondrian's Composition in Red, Blue, and Yellow from 1930.
Piet Mondrian was born on March 7, 1872 in Amerfoort, Netherlands. He studied at the Amsterdam Academy of Fine Arts and in his early works he painted landscapes.
In 1908 he began to paint in brighter colors. This was mainly because of the influence of Dutch painter Toorop. Mondrain felt that Toorop was trying to go beyond nature and wanted to imitate that style.
Not long after, in 1917, Mondrian met Theo van Doesbug and founded De Stijl, an art magazine. This is the time that Mondrian began to practice and develop Neoplasticism. He moved to New York City in 1940 and his artwork became less severe and his colors became more bright. Mondrian died on February 1, 1944.