Q 01/05

A German museum admitted in 2022 that Mondrian's New York City I had hung which way for decades?

A) On its side

B) Back to front

C) Upside down

D) Behind another canvas

Answer · why

C) Upside down

Upside down is how it has hung since at least 1980. The museum decided to leave it that way, fearing the fragile work could fall apart if it were turn...

Q 02/05

Which Disney cartoon so charmed Piet Mondrian that he signed postcards as one of its characters?

A) Pinocchio

B) Snow White

C) Fantasia

D) Steamboat Willie

Answer · why

B) Snow White

Snow White delighted him when he saw it in Paris in early 1938. He later sent his brother Carel a whole series of postcards of the film, signing one S...

Q 03/05

Which French designer's 1965 collection starred shift dresses based on Piet Mondrian's paintings?

A) Coco Chanel

B) André Courrèges

C) Hubert de Givenchy

D) Yves Saint Laurent

Answer · why

D) Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent made the six cocktail dresses from separate pieces of dyed fabric rather than prints. They were copied so widely that he grew disen...

Q 04/05

Which three colours, plus black, white and gray, did Piet Mondrian allow in his mature paintings?

A) Red, yellow and blue

B) Orange, green and violet

C) Red, green and blue

D) Pink, yellow and green

Answer · why

A) Red, yellow and blue

Red, yellow and blue were the only hues he kept, and he paired them with just two directions: horizontal and vertical. He believed such strict limits ...

Q 05/05

Piet Mondrian built the seats and tables of his last New York studio from which discarded items?

A) Fruit crates

B) Wine barrels

C) Tea chests

D) Shipping pallets

Answer · why

A) Fruit crates

Fruit crates that once held oranges and apples became his furniture, painted the same off-white as the walls. He called the studio the best space he h...