150 years of Mondrian: The Hague pays tribute to pioneer of abstract

'Mondrian Moves' in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag features major works in a gallery that even has its own dedicated soundtrack – techno music made in the style of Mondrian’s abstract methods. Photo: dpa

Squares, lines, colours: this abstract linear approach to art helped the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) gain fame around the world.

Mondrian, who, many art historians would argue, was the inventor of the abstract, would have turned 150 this year.