Otherwise known as the new plastic art movement or De Stijl. Neo Plasticism was an artistic style that captured the essential form of the abstract. The style mostly relies completely on straight, horizontal or vertical lines and uses only primary colors and black and white. Piet Mondrian was Neo Plasticism's frontline man when the movement started and was their flagship man throughout its history from 1917-1931.Highly influenced by the Cubism art movement (pioneered by Picasso), which involves almost collage-like abstract paintings, Neo Plasticism was founded on, among other things, the mysticism of artistic hypotheticals like the "perfect line". Plasticists adored order in their work. They loved to push the boundries of simplicity and achieved just that.
Today, Neo Plasticism is not what it used to be. When the movement began it had tried to achieve international recogition. While it did become a well known period, it was mostly considered to be Dutch art.
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