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ˌneo-ˈplasticism Freq. with capital initials. [ad. F. néoplasticisme, f. neo- + plasticism.] A movement or style in art originated by the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), characterized by the use of primary colours and abstract forms. So neoˈplastic a.2; neoplaˈstician; neoˈplasticist a.
[1920P. Mondrian (title), Le Néo-plasticisme.] 1933Gallery of Living Art Catal.: A.E. Gallatin Coll. (N.Y.), Mondrian, the neo-plastician. 1934J. J. Sweeney Plastic Redirections in 20th Cent. Painting 40 Piet Mondrian, member of the Dutch ‘de Stijl’ group and founder of the Neoplastic school, can..be taken as a producer of..‘abstractions’... Yet, Mondrian has said, ‘It is a great error to envisage a Neoplastic work as a total abstraction from life.’ Ibid. 69 Such groups as the Purists, the Neo-plasticians, and the Constructivists. 1935Art Digest 15 Jan. 9/1 The Gallery of Living Art at New York University..has reopened after redecoration... In the rearrangement, emphasis has been placed on the work of the Cubists and on Constructivism and Neo-plasticism. 1936A. H. Barr in Cubism & Abstract Art (N.Y. Mus. Mod. Art) 140 (heading) Abstract art in Holland: de Stijl and Neo-Plasticism. Ibid. 144 This project is clearly a three-dimensional projection of a Neo-Plasticist painting. 1970Oxf. Compan. Art 770/2 Neo-plasticism..was distinguished from Cubism in that it did not make use of figurative elements even as a starting-point for abstraction. |