Painter

Piet Mondrian

Dutch painter

1872 - 1944

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Piet Mondrian

His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2024). Piet Mondrian is the 28th most popular painter (down from 21st in 2024), the 7th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 6th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Painter.

Piet Mondrian is most famous for his use of geometric shapes and primary colors in his paintings.

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Piet Mondrian is the most memorable of the 15 notable people born in Amersfoort, Netherlands.

73

Piet Mondrian's biography appears in 73 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 97% of all Painters.

Mar 7

Piet Mondrian shares a March 7 birthday with Geta, Maurice Ravel, and Pope Clement XIII.

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Among Painters

Among painters, Piet Mondrian ranks 28 out of 2,023. Before him are Giotto, Donatello, Titian, Gustav Klimt, El Greco, and Wassily Kandinsky. After him are Édouard Manet, Eugène Delacroix, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Amedeo Modigliani, and Joan Miró.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

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Giotto
1267 - 1337
HPI: 85.03
Rank: 22
Donatello
1386 - 1466
HPI: 84.83
Rank: 23
Titian
1488 - 1576
HPI: 84.62
Rank: 24
Gustav Klimt
1862 - 1918
HPI: 84.52
Rank: 25
El Greco
1541 - 1614
HPI: 84.26
Rank: 26
Wassily Kandinsky
1866 - 1944
HPI: 84.16
Rank: 27
Piet Mondrian
1872 - 1944
HPI: 84.15
Rank: 28
Édouard Manet
1832 - 1883
HPI: 84.08
Rank: 29
Eugène Delacroix
1798 - 1863
HPI: 83.92
Rank: 30
Hieronymus Bosch
1450 - 1516
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 31
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1525 - 1569
HPI: 83.58
Rank: 32
Amedeo Modigliani
1884 - 1920
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 33
Joan Miró
1893 - 1983
HPI: 82.90
Rank: 34

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Piet Mondrian ranks 2. Before him is Roald Amundsen. After him are Haakon VII of Norway, Bertrand Russell, Alexandra Feodorovna, Richard Willstätter, Alexandra Kollontai, Calvin Coolidge, Charles Greeley Abbot, Johan Huizinga, Edith Wilson, and Emil Hácha. Among people deceased in 1944, Piet Mondrian ranks 4. Before him are Edvard Munch, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Wassily Kandinsky. After him are Romain Rolland, Erwin Rommel, Claus von Stauffenberg, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, William James Sidis, Charles Glover Barkla, Abdulmejid II, and Günther von Kluge.

Others Born in 1872

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Roald Amundsen
EXPLORER
1872 - 1928
HPI: 84.99
Rank: 1
Piet Mondrian
PAINTER
1872 - 1944
HPI: 84.15
Rank: 2
Haakon VII of Norway
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1957
HPI: 82.79
Rank: 3
Bertrand Russell
MATHEMATICIAN
1872 - 1970
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 4
Alexandra Feodorovna
NOBLEMAN
1872 - 1918
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 5
Richard Willstätter
CHEMIST
1872 - 1942
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 6
Alexandra Kollontai
DIPLOMAT
1872 - 1952
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 7
Calvin Coolidge
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1933
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 8
Charles Greeley Abbot
ASTRONOMER
1872 - 1973
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 9
Johan Huizinga
HISTORIAN
1872 - 1945
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 10
Edith Wilson
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1961
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 11
Emil Hácha
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1945
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1944

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Edvard Munch
PAINTER
1863 - 1944
HPI: 87.17
Rank: 1
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
WRITER
1900 - 1944
HPI: 86.21
Rank: 2
Wassily Kandinsky
PAINTER
1866 - 1944
HPI: 84.16
Rank: 3
Piet Mondrian
PAINTER
1872 - 1944
HPI: 84.15
Rank: 4
Romain Rolland
WRITER
1866 - 1944
HPI: 83.15
Rank: 5
Erwin Rommel
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1944
HPI: 82.62
Rank: 6
Claus von Stauffenberg
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1907 - 1944
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 7
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
NOBLEMAN
1857 - 1944
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 8
William James Sidis
LINGUIST
1898 - 1944
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 9
Charles Glover Barkla
PHYSICIST
1877 - 1944
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 10
Abdulmejid II
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1944
HPI: 77.78
Rank: 11
Günther von Kluge
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1882 - 1944
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 12