Mondrian and Photography: Picturing the Artist and His Work

An unprecedented photo-biography of Mondrian at work and at play--from informal snapshots to formal portraits and scenes of his studio and social life

The public image of Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) is usually one of a serious man in a suit and tie with a reserved, rather aloof demeanor. This image was shaped by a small group of some 10 photographs, although there are around 400 known photographs of the artist and his studios that provide a far more balanced and livelier portrait of the real M...