Artist: Theo Van Doesburg (1883 - 1931)
Nationality: Dutch
Movement: De Stijl
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Dutch painter, designer, and architect, Theo van Doesburg adopted an early style that was highly influenced by Impressionism, Expressionism, and Cubism. In 1915, he met Mondrian and switched his approach to that of total abstraction. He co-founded the De Stijl movement in 1917 and devoted his career to spreading the group’s ideas. During the 1920’s he traveled across Europe promoting his artistic beliefs, settling only for a short time from 1922 to 1924 to teach at the Bauhaus. In the same decade, he switched from his horizontal and vertical line compositions and began incorporating diagonals in his series, Counter-Compositions. Doesburg titled this new style, Elementarism. He moved to Paris in 1929, set up a studio in the suburbs and published a manifesto of Concrete art a year later. In his final year, he held a meeting in his studio that resulted in the founding of the Abstraction-Creation association.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Theo van Doesburg - Composition VIII (The Cow) c. 1918 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Dutch
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Theo van Doesburg, Dutch, 1883-1931 Mailing wrapper for "De Stijl" 1926 Letterpress typography in red
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Siège de Doesburg, sur l'Ysel, 15-21 juin 1672 (2e moitié 17e siècle) by MEULEN Adam Frans van der
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Siège de Doesburg, sur l'Ysel, 15-21 juin 1672 (2e moitié 17e siècle) by MEULEN Adam Frans van der
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La ville de Doesburg faisant sa soumission à Louis XIV, 21 juin 1672 (2e moitié 17e siècle) by MEULEN Adam Frans van der
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La ville de Doesburg faisant sa soumission à Louis XIV, le 21 juin 1672 (2e moitié 17e siècle) by MEULEN Adam Frans van der
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Le chalutier Commandant Emaille (1936) by VAN DOESBURG (maquettiste)
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Le chalutier Heureux (1937) by VAN DOESBURG (maquettiste)
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Contre composition XII (1924) by VAN DOESBURG Theo (dit), KUEPPER Christian Emil (patronyme)
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PRISE DE DOESBURG.21 JUIN 1672 (4e quart 17e siècle) by MARTIN Jean-Baptiste, Martin DES BATAILLES ; VAN DER MEULEN Adam Frans (d'après)
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Theo Wujcik Ara kawa silverpoint 1980
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Theo Wujcik Ed Ruscha Stipple engraving 1970
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To Theo Van Gogh, Knud Merrild (Denmark, Copenhagen, 1894 - 1954) , 1951, Oil-flux
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(Sans titre) ; Jésus en barque (Ancien titre) (1988) by THEO (dit), WAGEMANN Theodor (patronyme)
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1000 Jahres Reich ; Le Reich de 1000 ans (Traduction) (1977 entre ; 1979 et) by THEO (dit), WAGEMANN Theodor (patronyme)
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Masque aux excroissances (1972 entre ; 1977 et) by WIESEN Theo (dit), WIESEN Theodor (patronyme)
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Totem à profil anthropomorphe (1972 entre ; 1977 et) by WIESEN Theo (dit), WIESEN Theodor (patronyme)
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Cavalier sur sa monture (1972 entre ; 1977 et) by WIESEN Theo (dit), WIESEN Theodor (patronyme)
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Applique décorative sur bas de poteau de barrière (1972 entre ; 1977 et) by WIESEN Theo (dit), WIESEN Theodor (patronyme)
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Scène de soumission (17e siècle) by LE BRUN Charles
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Piquet à la tête barbue (1972 entre ; 1977 et) by WIESEN Theo (dit), WIESEN Theodor (patronyme)
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Totem bicéphale (1988 avant) by WIESEN Theo (dit), WIESEN Theodor (patronyme)
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Totem à tête de chat (1972 entre ; 1977 et) by WIESEN Theo (dit), WIESEN Theodor (patronyme)
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Barrière avec têtes et feuillage (1972 entre ; 1977 et) by WIESEN Theo (dit), WIESEN Theodor (patronyme)
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Theo van Rysselberghe - Le Regate (The Regatta) 1892 oil on canvas Portland Museum of Art Belgian
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Barrière aux deux profils (1972 entre ; 1977 et) by WIESEN Theo (dit), WIESEN Theodor (patronyme)
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M. Halanzier (19e siècle) by THEO (graveur)
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Capoul (1850) by THEO (lithographe) ; BERTAUTS (imprimeur)
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Léonide Leblanc (19e siècle) by THEO ; BERTAUTS (imprimeur)
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Disses Bilt bedeutet Farer Ambossius ; Cette image signifie Père Ambrroise (Traduction) (1989) by THEO (dit), WAGEMANN Theodor (patronyme)
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Théo extincteur à sec d'incendie Honneur au Theo (1933) by Santini C (illustrateur) ; Santini C (atelier, imprimeur)
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Disses Bilt beteudet das heilitte Hers Jessu ; Cette image sinifit le Coer Sacré de Jessu (Traduction) (1984) by THEO (dit), WAGEMANN Theodor (patronyme)
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Capewell Glass Company Flask glass circa 1850
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McKee & Brothers Egg cup Buckle lead glass circa 1860
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Doyle & Co. Wine glass Columbia glass 1907
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MARIE MONNOM, FILLE DE L'EDITEUR BRUXELLOIS, PLUS TARD (EN 1889) MADAME THEO VAN RYSSELBERGHE (1887) by KHNOPFF Fernand
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George Duncan & Sons Wine glass Nemesis glass 1880 - 1890
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A.H. Heisey and Company Wine glass Ashburton glass circa 1850
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A.H. Heisey and Company Wine glass Peerless glass circa 1870
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Richards and Hartley Wine glass Popcorn non-flint glass circa 1875
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George Duncan & Sons Wine glass Coral Gables glass circa 1895
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Gillinder and Sons Wine glass Flute lead glass circa 1840
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Richards and Hartley Wine glass Palladian non lead glass circa 1890
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McKee & Brothers Egg cup Flute or Dutchess Loop Ale lead glass circa 1850
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A.H. Heisey and Company Wine glass Blown and cut blown glass circa 1935
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Doyle & Co. Wine glass Bismark star glass circa 1880
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Doyle & Co. Wine glass Jacob's ladder glass circa 1900
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Le siège de Doesbourg (17e siècle) by LE BRUN Charles
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A.H. Heisey and Company Flute Flute Heisey glass circa 1915 - 1925
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McKee & Brothers Wine glass Honeycomb lead glass circa 1850 - 1860
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Gillinder and Sons Wine glass Stymied Loops lead glass circa 1850
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Sandwich Glass Co. Egg cup Gothic lead glass circa 1850 - 1870
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Doyle & Co. Wine glass Red block non-lead glass circa 1895
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Doyle & Co. Wine glass Red block, red has been removed non-lead glass 1895
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Bryce Brothers Wine glass Facetted Rosette Bud non-flint glass circa 1880
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Bryce Brothers Wine glass Scalloped Daisy non-flint glass circa 1880
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Doyle & Co. Wine glass Palmette pattern non-lead glass circa 1885
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McKee & Brothers Egg cup Stedman lead glass circa 1868
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United States Glass Co. Wine glass Wedding ring non-flint glass circa 1870
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United States Glass Co. Wine glass Virginia or Galloway non-flint glass circa 1880

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (3)
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Joan Miro Foundation: Jean Arp: A Retrospective
Jean Arp (Strasbourg, 1886 – Basle, 1966), sculptor, painter and poet, moved to Zurich during the First World War. There, in 1916, together with Hugo Ball, Tristan Tzara and Richard Huelsenbeck, he founded the Dada movement, which had its centre o...
Kettle's Yard Gallery, University of Cambridge: Avant Garde Graphics 1918-1934
This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see posters, prints, book designs and political and commercial ephemera, together with original layouts and photomontages, produced by some of the most important artists working at that time. Bringing toget...
Palazzo Ducale: Arti and Architettura: 1900 - 2000
A utopian adventure, encroaching sometimes into “archisculpture”, whose protagonists – artists and architects from Kazimir Malevich to Vladmir Tatlin, from Antonio Sant'Elia to Giuseppe Terragni, from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to Piet Mondrian, f...

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