![]() ![]() ![]() Mondrian became a member of the Dutch Theosophical Society in 1909, and painted a number of works around that time that explore mystical awareness. Theosophists sought knowledge of higher, spiritual truths than those available to science, and often claimed to have access to those truths through direct spiritual insight. Mondrian partially attributed his arrival at the elements of De Stijl to Theosophy, an occult philosophy promoted by thinkers such as Madame Blavatsky and Rudolf Steiner. ![]() Piet Mondrian, Evolution, 1911, oil on canvas, 183 x 257.5 cm (Kunstmuseum Den Haag) De Stijl and Theosophy ![]()
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