Theo van Doesburg
- Introduction
- Theo van Doesburg (Dutch: [ˈteːjoː vɑn ˈdusbɵrx], 30 August 1883 – 7 March 1931) was a Dutch artist, who practiced painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl. He was married to artist, pianist and choreographer Nelly van Doesburg.
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- Introduction
- Doesburg was born on August 30, 1883 and died on March 7, 1931. His given name was Christian Emil Marie Kupper, but he adopted Theo van Doesburg in memory of his father. "I. K. Bonset" and "Aldo Camini" were pseudonyms. Van Doesburg is best known as the founder and editor of the journal 'De Stijl', which brought together painters and architects in support of Modern art. Among his supporters and collaborators were the artist Piet Mondrian, and the architects J. J. P. Oud and Jan Wils. Van Doesburg's own paintings were Comment on works: abstractions based on nature, dissolving the difference between foreground and background. In the early 1920s, Van Doesburg travelled to Germany, where he lectured at the Bauhaus and was involved in the Dada movement. In 1923 he moved to Paris and experimented with different concepts in architecture. Unlike the other sources, Macmillan indicates that van Doesburg was not an architect, although his works "... have some significance for the history of modern architecture... he was a painter, designer, typographer, critic, writer, and teacher...". Dutch architect, painter and prominent member of De Stijl group. Comment on works: abstract
- Nationality
- Dutch
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Author, Architect, Designer, Teacher, Writer, Editor, Typographer, Painter, Sculptor, Theorist
- Names
- Theo van Doesburg, Christian Emil Marie Küpper, Christiaan Emil Marie Küppers, Christiaan Emil Maria Kupper, Christian Emil Marie Kupper, Theo Van Doesburg, I. K. Bonset, Aldo Camini, Christiaan Emil Maria Kupper Doesburg, C. E. M. Küpper, Theo van Doesburg (Christian Emil Marie Küpper), Doesburg
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Exhibitions
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Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented
Through Apr 10
MoMA
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511: Ornament and Abstraction
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
May 28–Sep 12, 2020
MoMA
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513: Design for Modern Life
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Dadaglobe Reconstructed
Jun 12–Sep 18, 2016
MoMA
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Theo van Doesburg has
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Composition VIII (The Cow) c. 1917
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Composition (The Cow) 1917
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Theo van Doesburg Composition 1917, dated 1915
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Theo van Doesburg Rhythm of a Russian Dance June 1918
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Theo van Doesburg Composition VIII (The Cow) c. 1918
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Rhythm of a Russian Dance 1917–18
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Rhythm of a Russian Dance 1917–18
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Rhythm of a Russian Dance 1917–18
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Rhythm of a Russian Dance 1917–18
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Rhythm of a Russian Dance 1917–18
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Rhythm of a Russian Dance 1917–18
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Rhythm of a Russian Dance 1917–18
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Theo van Doesburg Hagemeijer & Co. letterhead 1919
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Theo van Doesburg Hagemeijer & Co. stationery envelope 1919
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Theo van Doesburg Hagemeijer & Co. advertising card 1919
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Theo van Doesburg Hagemeijer & Co. stationery postcard 1919
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Theo van Doesburg Hagemeijer & Co. stationery calling card 1919
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Theo van Doesburg, Kurt Schwitters Kleine Dada Soirée 1922
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Composition VIII (The Cow) (recto); Untitled (verso) c. 1917
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Composition VIII (The Cow) c. 1917
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Composition VIII (The Cow) c. 1917
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Composition VIII (The Cow) c. 1917
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Composition VIII (The Cow) c. 1917
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Composition VIII (The Cow) c. 1917
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Composition VIII (The Cow) c. 1917
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Theo van Doesburg Study for Composition VIII (The Cow) c. 1917
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Theo van Doesburg, Cornelis van Eesteren Contra-Construction Project (Axonometric) 1923
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Theo van Doesburg Study for a Composition 1923
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Theo van Doesburg Design for a stained-glass window for Christian ULO School, Rehobôth te Drachten 1922–23
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Theo van Doesburg What is Dada? (Wat is Dada?) (Information booklet) 1923
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Theo van Doesburg De Stijl NB letterhead (Letter to Jean Badovici from van Doesburg) 1924
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Theo van Doesburg De Stijl NB stationery envelope 1924
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Theo van Doesburg De Stijl NB stationery envelope (Addressed to Jean Badovici) 1925
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Kurt Schwitters, Kate Steinitz, Theo van Doesburg Merz no. 14/15: The Scarecrow (Die Scheuche) 1925
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Theo van Doesburg De Stijl NB 73/74 1926
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Theo van Doesburg De Stijl NB stationery note paper 1926
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Theo van Doesburg De Stijl NB stationery envelope 1926
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Theo van Doesburg De Stijl NB stationery postcard (Addressed to Del Marle) 1927
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Theo van Doesburg Contra-construction in a Circle c. 1923
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Theo van Doesburg Preliminary color scheme for ceiling and short walls of dance hall in Café Aubette, Strasbourg, France 1926–1928
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Theo van Doesburg Preliminary color scheme for floor and long walls of dance hall in Café Aubette, Strasbourg, France 1927
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Theo van Doesburg De Stijl NB letterhead (Handwritten list of names and addresses) 1920s
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Theo van Doesburg De Stijl NB 1920s
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Theo van Doesburg Simultaneous Counter-Composition 1929-30
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Theo van Doesburg Simultaneous Counter-Composition 1929-30
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Theo van Doesburg De Stijl NB stationery note paper c.1926
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Various Artists, Jean (Hans) Arp, Giacomo Balla, Robert Delaunay, Sonia Delaunay-Terk, Albert Gleizes, Auguste Herbin, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, František Kupka, Fernand Léger, Alberto Magnelli, Piet Mondrian, Francis Picabia, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Theo van Doesburg, Jacques Villon Art of Today, Masters of Abstract Art (Art d'aujourd'hui, maîtres de l'art abstrait), Album I 1953
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Theo van Doesburg Composition from Art of Today, Masters of Abstract Art (Art d'aujourd'hui, maîtres de l'art abstrait), Album I 1953 (original executed in 1924)
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