Painter
Piet Mondrian
Reduced painting to horizontals, verticals and three primary colours over about twenty years of narrowing. He loved jazz, and the last works are named after it.
Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan, known after 1911 as Piet Mondrian, was a Dutch painter and art theoretician, who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He was one of the pioneers of 20th-century abstract art, as he changed his artistic direction from figurative painting to an increasingly abstract style, until he reached a point where his artistic vocabulary was taken down to simple geometric elements.
- Born
- 1872-03-07, Amersfoort, NetherlandsA Thursday
- Died
- 1944-02-01, New York, New York, USAA Tuesday, aged 71
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1872-03-07, Amersfoort, Netherlands · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Amsterdamthe zone used then
Europe/AmsterdamThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 17°15′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 19°41′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 14°07′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 13°54′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 4°12′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 19°57′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 19°01′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 27°26′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aries | 22°25′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Taurus | 18°08′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1944-02-01, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 11°41′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 16°14′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 16°35′ | Direct |
| Venus | Capricorn | 5°30′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 7°45′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 23°25′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Gemini | 20°00′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini | 4°52′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 4°03′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 7°30′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Piet Mondrian was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.