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Mondrian – the master of line and color blocking!

Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) came from a family of a church school principal in Amersfoort, Holland. He began painting at the age of 14, became a local high school art teacher at the age of 20, and began working in academic and realism, then drew from Impressionism, Symbolism and Post-Impressionism. It was not until 1911, after seeing the early Cubist works of Picasso and Braque in Holland, that he rushed to Paris the following year and began to paint according to the Cubist method. Initially, he tried to depict landscapes in the purest primary colors of red, yellow, blue and green.…

Malevich – the founder of suprematist art

Malevich pioneered geometric painting, and the works that have survived are still surprising for their simplicity all these years later. He is considered the great pioneer of abstract painting in the twentieth century. With his enigmatic works, he sketched out another bright star for the 20th century art world, heralding the dawn of various art movements, from Dadaism to the later Minimalism. He opened up an infinite horizon for art to be explored and wandered by those who came after him. Suprematism was a sign of the end of the era of traditional painting, and he was almost alone in…

How to taste and appreciate modern art works

Many people are confused and angry about modern artworks: "Why are there so many unexplained random shapes in modern artworks? Wasn't it just a random scribble by the artist? What is the artistic value of this? Even a child can draw like this, right? Is it because the artist is famous, and a few strokes of paint is a work of art? What is the technical content of this?" Obviously, the logic of asking such a question is: I can draw with such two or three strokes, so what is the difference between an artist and an ordinary person? And…

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