Josef Albers
Josef Albers's artistic career bridged European and American modernism. It consisted mainly of a tightly focused investigation into the perceptual properties of color and spatial relationships.
Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian pioneered abstract painting in Amsterdam in the early 20th century. He diverted from figurative realism standards and began using the modernist building blocks of pure form and color to depict the world around him.
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp is considered a pioneer of Constructivist art. Her works boldly engage with the intellectual context of international modernism.
Theo van Doesburg
Theo van Doesburg was one of the key figures in the development of Dutch Neo-Plasticism in both painting and architecture.
Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Malevich was the first to exhibit paintings composed of abstract geometric elements.
Josef Hoffmann
Josef Hoffmann was one of Austria's most important architects and designers, and was central to the development of art and design in Vienna.
Burgoyne Diller
Burgoyne Diller’s work evolved from Cubist inspired landscapes to progressively more abstract styles as he experimented with European modernist traditions.