Piet Mondrian Biography.
Pieter Cornelis Mondrian was born on March 7th 1872 in Amersvoort in central Holland and
lived there for the first eight years of his life. He was the second child of four, with
two brothers and one sister. His father Pieter Cornelis Sr. was headmaster of an
elementary school, a gifted draftsman and amateur artist. Uncle Frits Mondrian was a
self-taught painter and commercially successful, even the Russian court bought his work.
As Piet Jr. progressed towards abstract art, he came into conflict with uncle Frits,
which seems to have had something to do with Piet Mondrian signing his paintings with
"Piet Mondrian" (instead of Mondriaan) from 1912 on.
lived there for the first eight years of his life. He was the second child of four, with
two brothers and one sister. His father Pieter Cornelis Sr. was headmaster of an
elementary school, a gifted draftsman and amateur artist. Uncle Frits Mondrian was a
self-taught painter and commercially successful, even the Russian court bought his work.
As Piet Jr. progressed towards abstract art, he came into conflict with uncle Frits,
which seems to have had something to do with Piet Mondrian signing his paintings with
"Piet Mondrian" (instead of Mondriaan) from 1912 on.
