Theo van Doesburg
Theo and Nelly van Doesburg in the studio on Rue du Moulin Vert, Paris. 1923. | |
Born |
August 30, 1883 Utrecht, Netherlands |
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Died |
March 7, 1931 Davos, Switzerland | (aged 47)
Web | Dada Companion, Wikipedia |
Collections | Institut Collectie Nederland, MoMA |
Theo van Doesburg (1883–1931) was a Dutch artist, who practised painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl.
Writings
- Drie voordrachten over de nieuwe beeldende kunst, Amsterdam, 1919. (Dutch)
- Klassiek, barok, modern, Antwerpen: De Sikkel, 1920. (Dutch)
- Grundbegriffe der neuen gestaltenden Kunst, Munich: Albert Langen, 1925. (German)
- Principles of Neo-Plastic Art, London: Lund Humphries, 1969. (English)
- van Doesburg's publications in Iowa Digital Library
- in Dutch at DBNL.
- in Dutch at Wikisource-NL.
- in German at Wikisource-DE.
- in French at Wikisource-FR.
- in English at Wikisource-EN.
Literature
- Robert P. Welsh, "Theo van Doesburg and Geometric Abstraction", in Nijhoff, Van Ostaijen, "De Stijl": Modernism in the Netherlands and Belgium in the First Quarter of the 20th Century, ed. & intro. Francis Bulhof, The Hague: Nijhoff, 1976, pp 76-94. (English)
- Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde. Constructing a New World, eds. Gladys Fabre and Doris Wintgens Hötte, London: Tate, 2010. Catalogue. (English)