Happy (belated) Birthday, Piet Mondrian! I guess it was yesterday but I’m sure Piet won’t mind as he went to the Big Studio in the sky over 70 years ago. The master abstract painter of primary colors and horizontal and vertical lines inspired so much pop art that came after him. Thanks for the simplicity and De Stijl, Piet (a little art history joke, there. Heh, heh).

Here is a tiny fraction of the Mondrian-mimicry that abounds in our popular culture: