Broadway Boogie-Woogie

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The rectilinear pattern of Broadway Boogie-Woogie evokes the streets of New York City
The rectilinear pattern of Broadway Boogie-Woogie evokes the streets of New York City

Broadway Boogie-Woogie is a painting by Piet Mondrian completed in 1943, shortly after he moved to New York in 1940.

Art critics consider Broadway Boogie-Woogie to be Mondrian's masterpiece, and a culmination of his aesthetic. Compared to his earlier work, the canvas is divided into a much larger number of squares. Although he spent most of his career creating abstract work, this painting is inspired by clear real-world examples: the city grid of Manhattan, and the boogie woogie music to which Mondrian loved to dance. The painting is owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

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