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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).
Elementarism (also referred to as Counter-Composition) [1] was an art theory formulated by Theo van Doesburg after 1923 as an extension and evolution of the De Stijl movement. [2] De Stijl, co-founded by Van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, and other artists, initially adopted Neoplasticism — a strict artistic framework characterized by geometric ...
Although De Stijl was made up of many members, Van Doesburg was the "ambassador" of the movement, promoting it across Europe. He moved to Weimar in 1922, deciding to make an impression on the Bauhaus principal, Walter Gropius , to spread the influence of the movement.
Neoplasticism (or neo-plasticism), originating from the Dutch Nieuwe Beelding, is an avant-garde art theory proposed by Piet Mondrian [a] in 1917 and initially employed by the De Stijl art movement. The most notable proponents of this theory were Mondrian and another Dutch artist, Theo van Doesburg. [1]
De Stijl (/ d ə ˈ s t aɪ l /, Dutch: [də ˈstɛil]; "The Style") was an artistic movement in the 1920s. The movement is also known as neoplasticism — the new plastic art (or Nieuwe Beelding in Dutch).
These movements emerged within the relationships between artistic fields including architecture, literature, graphic design, painting, sculpting etc. De Stijl was a Dutch artistic movement that saw prominence in the period between 1917 and 1931. [19]
Machine aesthetic is neither an art style, nor an art movement in itself, but a common trait shared by multiple movements of the first three decades of the 20th century (so called First Machine Age), including French purism, Dutch De Stijl, Russian suprematism and productivism, German constructivism , and American precisionism. [4]
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]