Artist Emulation

- I am Piet Mondrian. I am Dutch painter who was an influential person in the De Stijl art movement. I painted some of my best works in Paris from 1919-1938 and when I moved to New York in 1940. My goals as an artist were to create the perfect paintings, so no other art would need to be made in the future. To create the perfect painting, I would need to express the simplicity and use of basic (primary) colors in my works. I also used many straight lines in my works to create simplicity and to create simple, interesting color combinations.

- I create inspiration for myself, I hung colored pieces of paper around my studio to create different lines and connections of the colors. Then, I would reposition new pieces of colored paper and alternate the dynamics of colors and spacing. Throughout my life, I followed a similar schedule of regrouping the pieces of paper on the wall to create new inspiration for my works. I trained in the Rijksakademie in the Netherlands where artists and philosophers would exchange ideas and knowledge. After World War I, I moved to Paris where I began to produce series of grid-based paintings. As I matured during my time in Paris, my works began to consist of less and less colors and I many focused on primary colors and the use of white and black. I continued this mindset and procedures when I moved to Manhattan and until my death in 1944.