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Cornelis van Eesteren (4 July 1897 – 21 February 1988) was a prominent Dutch architect and urban planner who was born in Alblasserdam and died in Amsterdam. He worked for the Town Planning department of Amsterdam (1929–1959) and was the chairman of the CIAM (1930–1947). [1] He contributed to the De Stijl movement, with its founder Theo ...
Rietveld Schröder House (1924), designed by Gerrit Rietveld. During the 20th century, Dutch architects like Berlage, Van Doesburg, Van Eesteren, Rietveld, Oud and Van der Vlugt played a leading role in the development of modern architecture in the Netherlands, as well as internationally.
Theo van Doesburg (r) and Cornelis van Eesteren (l) in their studio in Paris, 1923 Van Doesburg and Rietveld interior, c.1919, Rijksmuseum , Amsterdam The name Nieuwe Beelding was a term first coined in 1917 by Mondrian, who wrote a series of twelve articles called De Nieuwe Beelding in de schilderkunst ("Neo-Plasticism in Painting") that were ...
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Theo van Doesburg, Composition in Gray (Rag-time), 1919, Oil on canvas, 196.5 cm × 59.1 cm (77.4 in × 23.3 in), The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 1976 Girl with Ranunculus, Oil on canvas, 1914, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Son Dirck Jacobsz portrayed his parents as Jacob Cornelisz.Painting a Portrait of His Wife Anna. Little is known about Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen's life. Historians rely mostly on the biographical sketch of him written by Karel van Mander, the archives of Amsterdam, and the archives of Egmond Abbey, a Benedictine monastery that commissioned works by him.
A biologist is using collected human cells to create a living organism powered by technology.. This modular unit offers independent modules that can connect and detach. The experiment shows off ...
Coat of arms of the family Boelens Loen Overview of the personal family relationships of the Amsterdam regent-dynasties Boelens Loen, De Graeff, Bicker (van Swieten), Witsen and Johan de Witt in the Dutch Golden Age. Cornelis Andriesz Boelens Loen (* 1552 in Amsterdam, † 1584 there) was a Dutch statesman and Councilor from the time of the ...