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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] pro_user@lemm.ee 52 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Famous painter, best known for abstract paintings, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian , section Life > Paris

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ah rectangle dude. Invented the triangle and revolutionised art from the 1930s onwards until Picasso made minecraft

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's also a programming language named after him: https://dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 1 week ago

I saw an exposition of him and is pretty cool seeing him reaching and exploring until finding out that style.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

In practice, I guess this would be a person with a fixed schedule that just changes a lot.

[–] datendefekt@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago

An abstract painter whose thing was overlaid rectangles in prime colors.