Dutch painter, born on March 7, 1872, Amersfoort, The Netherlands. His real name is Piete Cornelis. He studied at the Academy of Amsterdam (1892) against the will of his father. During this first period is dedicated to landscaping. He moved to Paris in 1911 where he became one of the representatives of Cubism.
However, it tends toward abstraction. Defend neoplasticism, which is based on the use of rectangular shapes and pure and flat colors. He is the founder of the magazine Der Styl (1917), in which he publishes several essays. Among them account Natural reality and abstract reality (1920). The latter consolidates the foundations of abstract art. Four years before his death, New York moved. Some of his works are: Composition (The Hague Museum) and the Boogie-Woogis (Contemporary Art Museum, New York). He dies on February 1, 1944 in Manhattan New York, United States.
