MONDRIAN AND CUBISM PARIS 1912

Drawn to the cubist work of Braque and Picasso, Mondrian spent two years in Paris, from 191214, that lead him to begin experimentin g with an entirely original abstract style.Using a cubist palette of grey and ochre, the artist transformed the landscapes and archi tectural facades of his earlier figurative works into compositional structures of increasing complexity and abstraction. Upon his re turn to The Netherlands in 1914, Mondrian exhibited 15 works he had painted during those two significant years in France.