"Just a handful of good painters this century. Mondrian, of course. Picasso, maybe five percent of the time, when he wasn't cocking around. But five percent of Picasso is plenty ... Who else? Pollack. Frank Roth. Trossman. Clyfford Still. Darragh Park. Rothko, before he got so far down he forgot to use color." Edwin P. Turnquist
This section of Snap Dragon is devoted to the artist Mondrian, his life, works and manifestations of his Compositions elsewhere - the Artifacts. The images below are some of my favourite artifacts and lead to further details. There is an illustrated biography here.
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January 2012 - [It's time to remind one and all of the merit and qualities of Marlow Moss, Mondrian's friend and reciprocal influence.]
January 2012 - [I have built a Reitveld-influenced desk which is sufficiently De Stijl to get on this page. More details here.]
December 2011 - A page of the flower paintings and drawings here.
November 2011 - An advertisement for the Investors' Chronicle in The Spectator.
November 2011 - New companion pieces from Colin McCahon.
November 2011 - A new (to me) Mondrian painting.
October 2011 - TTSS.
October 2011 - Teeth selling on eBay. Details here.
September 2011 - An old Schlitz beer add found on ebay.
September 2011 - I have just encountered the long-running Pete the Cat series. This is Pete Mondrian, Pete takes in the Broadway Boogie Woogie.
August 2011 - My book The Missing Mondrians is published at last. This is the only copy in existence.
June 2011 - [A new page on Théo van Doesburg.]
Additions archive here.
The Mondrian data was reorganised in 2002 under these heads (text from that time):
I have been marking items which are in my collection with the symbol o. A friend from Holland has sent me a number of scans from her collection and I will mark them thus, o. Any other contributions to this virtual collection gratefully received - just send a scan or photograph and some details - you can choose your symbol and any colour, as long as it's not green.
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| Mondrian's business card | and mine, from vistaprint. |
In April 2011 my web host moved me to a new server which caused several days of chaos and some ongoing problems - any missing images or dead links are probably attributable to that and will gradually be corrected. I would appreciate any feedback on items in need of repair. Please email me here and let me know the page(s) and element(s) affected.