Pieter Cornelis (Piet) Mondrian (Amersfoort, March 7, 1872 - New York, February 1, 1944) was a Dutch painter and art theorist who lived and worked abroad in later life. Mondrian is widely regarded as a pioneer of abstract and non-figurative art. In particular, his later geometric-abstract work, with its characteristic horizontal and vertical black lines and primary colors, is world famous and serves as an inspiration for many architects and designers of applied art. He was one of the most important contributors to the magazine De Stijl.
