[[{“value”:”Definitive, this is by far the best biography of Mondrian we have or are likely to get. I am a longstanding Mondrian fan, and have read much about him, but learned new things on virtually every page. The book is also fun, here is one excerpt: Initially Mondrian did not respond at all [to a
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Definitive, this is by far the best biography of Mondrian we have or are likely to get. I am a longstanding Mondrian fan, and have read much about him, but learned new things on virtually every page. The book is also fun, here is one excerpt:
Initially Mondrian did not respond at all [to a question about surrealism]. There was prolonged silence following Breton’s inquiry. Then, in the void, Duchamp added: “What, for example, do you think of the work of our friend Yves Tanguy here?” Mondrian’s reply, after more thoughtful chin stroking, came firmly, but calmly: “I enjoy conversational games as much as you do, but I shall not indulge in them. I have seen Tanguy’s exhibition at Pierre Matisse several times and found it very beautiful but very puzzling. Yves’ work is much too Abstract for me.”
You can order the book here. How is it that Weber — the author of numerous fine books on modernist art — does not have a Wikipedia page of his own?
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