Though Mondrian may not have expressed gratitude to his London circle openly, he did so in letters to Carel, his brother in Holland. Curiously, he used Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as a reference.

Mondrian was influenced by Vincent’s revelatory letters and drawings and, as he evolved into his “abstract-realist” style, attempted to bridge what they would each come to represent.

Editor -- Thank you for publishing in the April 28 Pink section the dialogue between Kenneth Baker and myself on Piet Mondrian. I expected that he would have the last word; so be it. But he should ...