Theo van Doesburg
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Theo van Doesburg was a Dutch painter, writer, poet, and architect. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl.
Van Doesburg as Sergeant Küpper, c. 1915
Theo van Doesburg, Composition in Gray (Rag-time), 1919, Oil on canvas, 196.5 cm × 59.1 cm (77.4 in × 23.3 in), The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 1976
Girl with Ranunculus, Oil on canvas, 1914, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Principal contributors to De Stijl 1917–1927
Neoplasticism
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Neoplasticism or neo-plasticism, originating from the Dutch Nieuwe Beelding, is an avant-garde art theory proposed by Piet Mondrian in 1917 and initially employed by the De Stijl art movement. The mos
Theo van Doesburg
…the magazine De Stijl in 1917. Although De Stijl was made up of many members, Van Doesburg was the "ambassador" of the movement, promoting the ideas of Neoplasticism across Europe. He moved to Weimar in 1922, deciding to make an impression on the Bauhaus principal, Walter Gropius, to spread the influence of the…
Piet Mondriaan: Composition C (No.III) with Red, Yellow and Blue, 1935
Mondrian's 1921 book, Le Néo-Plasticisme
Nicolas Poussin: Et in Arcadia ego. Ca. 1638–1640. Louvre.
Horus (Egyptian): Expressive of idea