Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 2: Modern Era (1850–1949)
1930
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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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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