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Theo van Doesburg

Dutch painter, writer, and author.

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 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. (Source: Union List of Artist Names - Getty Research Institute)

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Born 1883
Died 1931

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  • Cover of: Qu'est-ce que Dada?

    First published in 1992 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: ¿Qué es Dadá?

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  • Cover of: The principles of neo-plastic art.

    First published in 1969 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Principles of neo-plastic art

    First published in 1968 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Grondbegrippen der nieuwe beeldende kunst

    First published in 1919 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Drie voordrachten over de nieuwe beeldende kunst: haar ontwikkeling, aesthetisch beginsel en toekomstigen stijl

    First published in 1919 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Theo van Doesburg, ter gedachtenis

    First published in 1936 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Klassiek-barok-modern: lezing

    First published in 1920 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: De nieuwe beweging in de schilderkunst

    First published in 1917 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: De Stijl en de Europese architectuur: de architectuuropstellen in Het Bouwbedrijf 1924-1931

    First published in 1986 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: De Aubette, of, de kleur in de architectuur: een ontwerp van Hans Arp, Sophie Taeuber-Arp en Theo van Doesburg

    First published in 2006 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Theo van Doesburg

    First published in 1990 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Nieuwe woordbeeldingen: de gedichten van Theo van Doesburg

    First published in 1975 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On European architecture: complete essays from Het Bouwbedrijf 1924-1931

    First published in 1990 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Holland's Bankroet door Dada: documenten van een dadaïstische triomftocht door Nederland

    First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Holland ist Dada: ein Feldzug

    First published in 1992 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: What Is Dada? (Printed Head)

    First published in 2006 — 1 edition
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Born 1883
Died 1931

Subjects

Art, Modern Art, De Stijl (Art movement), Philosophy, Exhibitions, Architecture, Catalogues raisonnés, Dadaism, Form (Aesthetics), History, Influence, Modern Arts, Aesthetics, Artists, Aubette (Strasbourg, France), Avant-garde (Aesthetics), Bouwbedrijf, Bouwbedrijf waarin opgenomen "Bouwen.", Composition (Art), Modern Architecture, Modernism (Art), Art, Modern, Aufsatzsammlung, Biography, Bouwbedrijf waarin opgenomen "Bouwen"

Places

Netherlands, Europe, France, Straatsburg (stad), Strasbourg, Strasbourg (France)

People

Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931), Antonis Pittas (1973-), Antony Kok (1882-1969), Jean Arp (1887-1966), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943)

Time

20th century

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
March 21, 2014 Edited by Biblioteca ETSI Edificación Edited without comment.
March 21, 2014 Edited by Biblioteca ETSI Edificación Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import