Mondrian
[ mawn-dree-ahn, mon-; Dutch mon-dree-ahn ]
/ ˈmɔn driˌɑn, ˈmɒn-; Dutch ˈmɒn driˌɑn /
noun
Piet [peet] /pit/, Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan,1872–1944, Dutch painter.
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Example sentences from the Web for mondrian
The exhibit also includes examples of designers borrowing from fine art, as Yves Saint Laurent did with his Mondrian dress.
Even the watermelon he serves me is in keeping with a certain aesthetic—perfectly arranged squares, like a Mondrian painting.
Gosta Peterson's Bohemian Rhapsody: Unpacking a Photographer's '60s Secrets|Lizzie Crocker|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEASTSeen from the air, the landscape looks like a Mondrian grid, but its logic is purely abstract.
Newell was working in a mode of Geometric Abstraction that derives from Malevich and Mondrian.
British Dictionary definitions for mondrian
Mondrian
/ (Dutch ˈmɔndriːaːn) /
noun
Piet (piːt). 1872–1944, Dutch painter, noted esp as an exponent of the abstract art movement De Stijl
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