DE STIJL

De stijl

Considered as the most idealistic of the abstract movement founded in Amsterdam in 1917 by painters Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg and the architect Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud.

De stijl

May refer to the body of artworks from 1917-1931 from the Netherlands

De stijl

Also known as Neoplasticism according to Theo van Doesburg was a reaction of the Modern Baroque of the Amsterdam School movement.

The inability of cubism to develop its ultimate goal.

The reason for starting the De Stijl movement

Founders of De Stijl

• Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)

• Theo van Doesburg (1883- 1931)

• Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud (1890-1963).

Piet Mondrian

• He claimed that the reason for starting the movement was the inability of Cubism to develop its ultimate goal.

• He wrote that reality is obscured when particular forms and natural colors cause subjective feelings.

Theo van Doesburg

• He claimed that the Stijl’s movement otherwise referred to as Neoplasticism was a reaction to the Modern Baroque of the Amsterdam School movement

By high minded ideals of purity, harmony and sobriety.

What is the De Stijl artist inspired of?

Pure abstraction and universality by a reduction to the essentials of form and color.

What did De stijl artists advocate?

De Stijl Key Features/ Characteristics

• vertical and horizontal lines, using black, white, and primary colors.

Piet Mondrian

Fox Trot A (1930)

Piet Mondrian

Composition with yellow, Blue, and Red (1937-42)

Gerrit Rietveld

Red and Blue Chair

Studio Vollaerszwart

The Hague’s City Hall