Mondrian's little known London period highlighted by exhibition of rare works

"The exhibition, which opens in February, and brings together works by Mondrian and Nicholson originally shown in the same galleries, examines a little-known period of Mondrian's life in the late 1930s when he lived for two years in a bedsit in Hampstead, north London, and socialised with Nicholson, his first and second wives Winifred Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth, and other avant-garde British artists.

'He spent two years in London and only three years in New York,' the Courtauld's director, Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen, said, 'and yet everyone knows about his New York period, hardly anyone that he lived in London.'"  [Read Full Article]

Published by:  The Guardian
On:  11/17/11
Website:  http://www.guardian.co.uk

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