The Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) and the Huygens Institute today launched the first part of The Mondrian Papers, an online edition of the complete letters and articles by the Dutch painter Piet Mondriaan. In addition to scans and transcriptions of the writings in their original language - Dutch or French - the online edition includes English translations.
From Wednesday, five million scanned documents from the archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) will be digitally searchable at the click of a button thanks to a text recognition project by the Huygens Institute and various partners.
<p>"In addition to providing historical context, the digitized edition delves into the material details of the manuscripts, from the writing materials Frank used to the annotations and photographs she added to her diary."</p>