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De Stijl (/ d ə ˈ s t aɪ l /, Dutch: [də ˈstɛil]; 'The Style') was a Dutch art movement founded in 1917 by a group of artists and architects based in Leiden (Theo van Doesburg, J.J.P. Oud), Voorburg (Vilmos Huszár, Jan Wils) and Laren (Piet Mondrian, Bart van der Leck).
He sketched the first possible design for the building; Schröder-Schrader was not pleased. She envisioned a house that was free from association and could create a connection between the inside and outside. The house is one of the best known examples of De Stijl-architecture and arguably the only true De Stijl building. Mrs.
Expressionist architects like Michel de Klerk and Piet Kramer were associated with the Amsterdam School, a modern movement that emphasized the importance of craftsmanship. [9] A direct relationship can be observed in Plan Zuid. Another group established De Stijl, based on the eponymous magazine (1917–1932). [10]
[1] [2] Fellow member of De Stijl and architect, Bart van der Leck, saw his original model and suggested that he add bright colours. [3] He built the new model of thinner wood and painted it entirely black with areas of primary colors attributed to De Stijl movement.
Truus Schröder-Schräder (1889–1985) was a Dutch socialite and trained pharmacist who was closely involved with avant-garde artists and architects of the De Stijl movement. Together with Gerrit Rietveld, she built a house for herself and her three children — the Rietveld Schröder House — which is today a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [1]
Avant-garde architecture is architecture which is innovative and radical. There have been a variety of architects and movements whose work has been characterised in this way, especially Modernism . Other examples include Constructivism , Neoplasticism ( De Stijl ), Neo-futurism , Deconstructivism , Parametricism and Expressionism .
From 1917 he was an influential member of the De Stijl movement. Although he was born to a comfortable middle-class background, married a wealthy heiress, and for a while was able to subsidise the publication of the De Stijl journal, [1] van 't Hoff was a member of the Communist Party of the Netherlands in the years following World War I.
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