Owen Ryles discusses the life and work of Dutch artist, and founder of the Neoplasticism movement, Piet Mondrian.
Piet Mondrian is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
A pioneer of abstract art, and founder of the Neoplasticism movement, his influence stretched beyond canvas and into design, architecture and fashion.
Discover the journey of this great Modernist from Amersfoort, in the Netherlands, to New York via Paris and London.
Owen Ryles, who is CEO of the Plymouth Athenaeum, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an alumnus of Plymouth College of Art.
His previous lectures include “Charles Hamilton Smith: Writer, Illustrator, Solider, Spy” and Charles Darwin and his time in Plymouth.