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In 1917, a group of Dutch artists organized and revered the laws of equilibrium and harmony applicable to art and to life in the abstract works they created.
Piet Mondrian
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They called their collective De Stijl “The Style.” The most notable artists include Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg, and Vilmos Huszár.
Piet Mondrian - New York City - 1942
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Also, architect Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud & poet Anthony Kok; other early associates of De Stijl were Bart van der Leck, Georges Vantongerloo, Jan Wils, and Robert van’t Hoff.
Piet Mondrian - Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue -1942
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Mondrian was influenced by his interest in Analytical Cubism in Paris before 1914, however Mondrian felt it had fallen short of its goal.
Theo van Doesburg - Simultaneous Counter Composition
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Mondrian believed Cubism had not developed toward pure abstraction, which he described as “The expression of pure plastics” (which he later called Neoplasticism).
Theo van Doesburg - Composition in Gray
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Mondrian eliminated all representational components in his quest for an art of clarity and order that would also express his religious and philosophical beliefs.
Theo van Doesburg - Model Artist House - 1923
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Mondrian reduced painting to its elements: straight lines, plane surfaces, rectangles & used the primary colors (red, yellow & blue) combined w/ neutrals (black, gray & white).
Vilmos Huszár - Composition with Female Figure - 1918
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Theo van Doesburg - Composition with Female Figure - 1918
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Van Doesburg shared Mondrian’s austere principles, launched the group’s periodical, De Stijl (1917–32), which expressed the theories of its members.
Vilmos Huszár - Composition with White Cup
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As a movement, De Stijl influenced painting, decorative arts (including furniture design), typography & architecture.
JACOBUS JOHANNES PIETER OUD Café De Unie, Rotterdam, 1925 Concept Drawing
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It was architecture that realized both De Stijl’s stylistic aims & its goal of close collaboration among the arts.
JACOBUS JOHANNES PIETER OUD Café De Unie, Rotterdam, 1925
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The Worker’s Housing Estate in Hoek van Holland (1924–27), designed by Oud, expresses the same clarity, austerity & order found in a Mondrian painting.
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Georges Vantongerloo - Y= - x2 + bx + c rouge-vert - 1933
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Gerrit Rietveld, another architect associated with De Stijl, also applied its stylistic principles in his work.
Gerrit Rietveld, "Red and Blue" chair
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The Schröder House in Utrecht (1924), resembles a Mondrian painting in the severe purity of its facade and in its interior plan.
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Beyond the Netherlands, the De Stijl aesthetic found expression at the Bauhaus in Germany during the 1920s and in the International Style.
Pair of Gerrit Rietveld wooden Steltman chairs
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Yves Saint Laurent - Mondrian Dress - Fall 1965 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Maison Particulière (Private House) was a collaboration between Dutch artist Theo Van Doesburg and architect Cornelis van Eesteren. 1922
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