Stijl, de (də stīl) [Du.,=the style], Dutch nonfigurative art movement, also called neoplasticism. In 1917 a group of artists, architects, and poets was organized under the name de Stijl, and a journal of the same name was initiated. The leaders of the movement were the artists Theo van Doesburg Doesburg, Theo van , 1883–1931, Dutch painter, teacher, and writer. Together with Mondrian he founded the magazine De Stijl and successfully proselytized in Europe for the new aesthetic of abstraction, simplicity, clarity, and harmony.
..... Click the link for more information. and Piet Mondrian Mondrian, Piet , 1872–1944, Dutch painter. He studied at the academy in Amsterdam and passed through an early naturalistic phase. In 1910 he went to Paris, where the influence of cubism stimulated the development of his geometric, nonobjective style, which he
..... Click the link for more information. . They advocated a purification of art, eliminating subject matter in favor of vertical and horizontal elements, and the use of primary colors and noncolors. Their austerity of expression influenced architects, principally J. J. P. Oud Oud, Jacobus Johannes Pieter , 1890–1963, Dutch architect. Oud's interest in abstract painting led him to conceive of buildings composed in terms of pure planes.
..... Click the link for more information. and Gerrit Rietveld Rietveld, Gerrit Thomas , 1888–1965, Dutch architect and furniture designer. At first a cabinetmaker, Rietveld created (c.1917) a chair that was an important contribution to modern furniture design.
..... Click the link for more information. . The movement lasted until 1931; in architecture a few de Stijl principles are still applied.
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Group of Dutch artists founded in 1917, including Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian. The group advocated a utopian style: “the universal harmony of life.” Its ideal of purity and order in life and society as well as art reflects the Calvinist background of its members. Through its journal, De Stijl (1917–31), it influenced painting, the decorative arts (including furniture design), typography, and especially architecture, where its aesthetic found expression at the Bauhaus and in the International Style.
..... Click the link for more information. and Piet Mondrian Mondrian, Piet , 1872–1944, Dutch painter. He studied at the academy in Amsterdam and passed through an early naturalistic phase. In 1910 he went to Paris, where the influence of cubism stimulated the development of his geometric, nonobjective style, which he
..... Click the link for more information. . They advocated a purification of art, eliminating subject matter in favor of vertical and horizontal elements, and the use of primary colors and noncolors. Their austerity of expression influenced architects, principally J. J. P. Oud Oud, Jacobus Johannes Pieter , 1890–1963, Dutch architect. Oud's interest in abstract painting led him to conceive of buildings composed in terms of pure planes.
..... Click the link for more information. and Gerrit Rietveld Rietveld, Gerrit Thomas , 1888–1965, Dutch architect and furniture designer. At first a cabinetmaker, Rietveld created (c.1917) a chair that was an important contribution to modern furniture design.
..... Click the link for more information. . The movement lasted until 1931; in architecture a few de Stijl principles are still applied.
Bibliography
See study by H. L. C. Jaffé (1968).
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“Card Players,” oil painting by De Stijl artist Theo van Doesburg, 1917; in the …
(credit: Courtesy of the Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague)
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