A wellknown work of art, mondrian contributes to the abstract visual language in a large way despite using a relatively small canvas. There is an old and a new consciousness of the age. Theo van doesburg and philip johnson linkedin slideshare. Theo van doesburg was born christian emil marie kupper on 30 august 1883, in utrecht, the netherlands, as the son of the photographer wilhelm kupper and henrietta catherina margadant.
Thats too much of a coincidence to be unintentional. Spater schloss er sich fur kurze zeit dem dadaismus an. Theo van doesburg, composition viii the cow, 1918, oil on canvas, 37. Later he engaged himself more with dadaism, in cooperation with. Theo van doesburg has 12 books on goodreads with 43 ratings. Theo van doesburg leiden kompositie glas in lood 1918. Theo van doesburg was one of the leading figures in the development of geometric abstraction. Van doesburg used this composition, as well as his preliminary studies, in a. This work is included in the provenance research project, which investigates the ownership history of works in momas collection c. Composition ii still life was created in 1916 by theo van doesburg in abstract art style. Artwork page for counter composition vi, theo van doesburg, 1925 on display at tate modern. Signed theo van doesburg on the lower right corner.
The following year they continued elaborating their theoretical program, which promulgated a new plastic order of reductivist, nonobjective art. Theo van doesburg born christian emil marie kupper aug. The thyssenbornemisza composition ii belongs to a set of four still lifes executed in 1916, which marked the turning point in van doesburg s progression towards abstraction. He evolved a nonrepresentational form which he termed neoplasticism. Theo van doesburg dutch, 18821931 on the lower right corner. When a work of art such as theo van doesburg s composition the cow shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is usually called. Girl with ranunculus, oil on canvas, 1914, centraal museum, utrecht. The direction consequently taken by neoplasticism was designated elementarism by van doesburg, who described its method of construction as based on the neutralization of positive and. He was married to artist, pianist and choreographer nelly van doesburg. Theo van doesburg 18831931 was a dutch artist, who practised painting, writing, poetry and architecture.
Van doesburg used a diagonal grid in this painting to create a dynamic tension with the format of the canvas. In these years, they develop entirely new ideas about art and the function thereof. Piet mondrian and theo van doesburg created oil paintings of grid structures that illustrate the foundations of modernism. Theo van doesberg born august 30, 1883 in utrecht, netherlands painter. The term for brilliance, purity, or saturation, of a color is. Theo van doesburg paintings, bio, ideas theartstory. Theo van doesburg paintings for sale theo van doesburg. The design was also celebrated in a dutch stamp issue on the 65c value. Arithmetic composition 1 was produced contemporary with.
Composition ix abstract structure of card players utopia. Artwork page for countercomposition vi, theo van doesburg, 1925 on display at tate modern. Theo van doesburg biography 18831931 life of dutch artist. Theo van doesburg was a dutch artist, who practiced painting, writing, poetry and architecture. The 50c stamp shows mondrians b4 which van doesburg owned shown in the photograph two entries above. The comic irony of this advice is that it could so easily have been simplified by cutting the second simplify. Composition ii with red blue and yellow is a 1930 painting by piet mondrian. Theo van doesburg 30 august 1883 7 march 1931 was a dutch artist, practicing in painting, writing, poetry and architecture.
Steinitz to produce a series of childrens fairytale books that featured unusual typography, including hahnepeter. Working closely together, the group stressed the need for abstraction and simplification. Abstract version of card players composition ix, opus 18. Simon mawer on theo van doesburg, mondrians contemporary and friend. Lijst van werken van theo van doesburg compositie ii stilleven. Quote of theo van doesburg 1915, in the dutch artmagazine. This international group of artists working in all mediums renounced naturalistic representation in favor of a strippeddown formal vocabulary principally consisting of straight lines, rectangular planes, and primary color. Els hoek theo van doesburg oeuvre catalogus centraal museum, utrecht krollermuller museum, otterlo 2000 1st edition 840 pp. It promoted a purist form of abstract art invented by piet mondrian called neoplasticism.
Van doesburg rejected bourgeoisie tradition in active pursuit of a new universal practice and understanding of art. Theo van doesburg, composition in gray ragtime, 1919, oil on canvas, 196. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. John milner, in the book 6 marion walter referred to at the. After a short training in acting and singing he decided to become a painter. Theo van doesburg s simultaneous counter composition was introduced in 1930. From 1912 onwards, he supported his works by writing for magazines. Theo van doesburg, composition in gray ragtime, 1919.
Signed theo van doesburg 18561910, french on the lower margin. Theo van doesburgs most popular book is arthur mervyn. Theo van doesburg has been listed as a level5 vital article in people, artists. Guggenheim foundation peggy guggenheim collection, venice, 1976. The books and articles below constitute a bibliography of the sources used in. In his painting van doesburg followed mondrians example by systematically divesting his imagery of figurative references and. Van doesburg s most famous work experimented with geometric abstraction and archetypal forms. Thick, black brushwork defines the borders of the different geometric figures. May 08, 20 new york, art of this century peggy guggenheim, theo van doesburg, aprilmay 1947, no. Bauhaus book 6 by theo van doesburg theo van doesburg, herbert bayer, laszlo moholy.
About 1924 theo van doesburg rebelled against piet mondrians programmatic insistence on the restriction of line to vertical and horizontal orientations, and produced his first counter composition. Theo van doesburg, his extrovert dutch contemporary, painted similar geometric. Countercomposition vi, theo van doesburg, 1925 tate. It advocated a simplified, geometric, and reductive aesthetic in the visual arts and argued that painting, design, and architecture should be fully integrated. Theo van doesburg produced his composition ix abstract structure of card players in 1917. For him, diagonal lines signalled a spiritual liberation from earthbound verticals and horizontals. Van doesburg s work is similar to many of his contemporaries who worked within the styles of constructivism, suprematism, and the.
Theo van doesburg archive archive of theo van doesburg. The struggle of the individual against the universal may be seen both in the world war and in modern art. Countercomposition xx and mondrians composition ii, with red from. Find more prominent pieces of abstract at best visual art database. It is the process of simplifying the visual composition into a pure abstraction using geometric shapes.
After world war ii, piet ouberg 18801954 influenced a younger generation of artists with his colorful abstract composition. Theo van doesburg was a dutch painter, designer, and art theorist. Theo van doesburg arithmetic composition 19291930 artsy. Theo van doesburg was born christian emil marie kupper on 30 august 1883, in utrecht, the netherlands, as the son of the photographer wilhelm kupper nl and henrietta catherina margadant. Abstract version of card players, oil on canvas by theo van doesburg, 1917. One is shown on the cover of baljeustheo van doesburg, one of the sources for this page.
Theo van doesburg s most popular book is arthur mervyn. Theo van doesburg, composition ii still life, 1916 on artstack. Composition ii still life museum thyssenbornemisza, madrid. One nearly perfect yellow square in the center is surrounded by thirteen rectangles of different proportions.
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