Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 2: Modern Era (1850–1949)

1930

Composition with Red Blue and Yellow by Piet Mondrian

Artwork

Composition with Red Blue and Yellow by Piet Mondrian

An iconic example of Mondrian’s Neo-Plasticism, characterized by simple geometric, rectilinear forms and primary colors, the piece explores asymmetry, pure planes of color and relational opposites. It represents a shift towards abstraction and a rejection of naturalism in art, becoming a seminal work in the development of abstract art and modernism.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.

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People

Piet Mondrian

Movements

Modernism, Neo-Plasticism

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abstraction, color, Geometric Abstraction, geometry, Neo-Plasticism, painting
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Piet Mondrian
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Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow

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