The road to abstraction

In 1914, Mondrian was living in Paris and visiting the Netherlands when the First World War broke out. He either couldn’t or didn’t want to return to France and decided to remain in his home country. He stayed with his father in Arnhem, then with his brothers in Amsterdam, and finally spent a few weeks in Laren. After some ramblings, he settled there in January 1915. Laren was a sophisticated village, long known as a magnet for artists, and Mondrian had worked in the area before.

Laren and Blaricum played a crucial route in Piet Mondrian’s development into an abstract artist. This walk traces that process by taking you past his studios and other important places.

• Route ‘The road to abstraction’
• 6.5 km (4.04 miles)
• 120 min.