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Today is #WorldRefugeeDay 🌍 and we are honouring and celebrating refugees — their courage, strength, and all that they bring to the world. The gallery walls speak volumes about refugees’ creative contributions to our lives. Today we're shining a light on artists who fled conflict or persecution – and went on to become trailblazers. 🔥 Dutch-born #PietMondrian moved from Paris to London in September 1938. To avert Hitler’s threats of war, the British and French Prime Ministers agreed that part of Czechoslovakia could become German territory. For many in Europe, this was a warning sign of the horrors to come. Mondrian’s paintings had been mocked in the Nazis’ anti-modernist Degenerate Art exhibition in 1937. ‘One no longer breathes easily...’, Mondrian remarked. Two years later, seeking to escape the German bombing of London, Mondrian prepared to leave for New York. ​ ​🟥🟨🟦 Mondrian is regarded as one of the great artists of the 20th century, known for his abstract style focused around primary colours and vertical and horizontal lines. He was in his sixties when he created 'Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red'. He aimed for his work to embody balance and harmony. #PietMondrian, Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red 1937–42, on free display at @TateLiverpool.