I remember an article (long since lost) where a student in a class on generative art chose to try recreate Mondrians, and what he and the teacher discovered was

I remember an article (long since lost) where a student in a class on generative art chose to try recreate Mondrians, and what he and the teacher discovered was just how painterly the originals were, and it was very difficult to generate something that actually looked like a Mondrian. I really ought to find that article again.