Mondrian not Mondriaan

I created these paintings as a protest.

When Piet Mondrian moved to Paris in 1912, he officially changed his name. He dropped an "a" from "Mondriaan", as he wanted to distance himself from his Dutch roots and form the very appropriate anagram “I Paint Modern”.

Despite his name change, in the Netherlands Mondrian is still called Mondriaan. This is maintained and further propagated by the Dutch museums and cultural institutions who continue to refer to the artist as Mondriaan.

I believe this is wrong. It is a postcolonial mindset that disrespects the wishes of this groundbreaking artist, whose influence on Dutch and modern western culture is hard to overstate.

If you agree that this is wrong, please sign the petition aiming to right this wrong and let Mondrian be called Mondrian, also in the Netherlands, like everywhere else in the world.