Composition ii still life was created in 1916 by theo van doesburg in abstract art style. Spater schloss er sich fur kurze zeit dem dadaismus an. 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. Theo van doesburg was a dutch painter, designer, and art theorist. A wellknown work of art, mondrian contributes to the abstract visual language in a large way despite using a relatively small canvas. Theo van doesburg, composition viii the cow, 1918, oil on canvas, 37. Theo van doesburg paintings, bio, ideas theartstory. 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. There is an old and a new consciousness of the age. Theo van doesburg s simultaneous counter composition was introduced in 1930. The struggle of the individual against the universal may be seen both in the world war and in modern art. Theo van doesburg 18831931 was a dutch artist, who practised painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He was married to artist, pianist and choreographer nelly van doesburg. Theo van doesburg leiden kompositie glas in lood 1918. It is the process of simplifying the visual composition into a pure abstraction using geometric shapes. Theo van doesburg biography 18831931 life of dutch artist.
Van doesburg used a diagonal grid in this painting to create a dynamic tension with the format of the canvas. Composition ii with red blue and yellow is a 1930 painting by piet mondrian. For him, diagonal lines signalled a spiritual liberation from earthbound verticals and horizontals. Theo van doesburg, his extrovert dutch contemporary, painted similar geometric. 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.
Theo van doesburg was a dutch artist, who practiced painting, writing, poetry and architecture. Theo van doesburg paintings for sale theo van doesburg. The comic irony of this advice is that it could so easily have been simplified by cutting the second simplify. After a short training in acting and singing, he decided to become a storekeeper.
Thats too much of a coincidence to be unintentional. See available paintings, works on paper, and prints and multiples for sale and learn about the artist. Theo van doesburg has 12 books on goodreads with 43 ratings. Van doesburg s work is similar to many of his contemporaries who worked within the styles of constructivism, suprematism, and the. Later he engaged himself more with dadaism, in cooperation with. Steinitz to produce a series of childrens fairytale books that featured unusual typography, including hahnepeter. Quote of theo van doesburg 1915, in the dutch artmagazine.
This work is included in the provenance research project, which investigates the ownership history of works in momas collection c. Girl with ranunculus, oil on canvas, 1914, centraal museum, utrecht. In his painting van doesburg followed mondrians example by systematically divesting his imagery of figurative references and. Theo van doesburgs most popular book is arthur mervyn. He evolved a nonrepresentational form which he termed neoplasticism. Piet mondrian and theo van doesburg created oil paintings of grid structures that illustrate the foundations of modernism. Theo van doesburg dutch, 18821931 on the lower right corner. The san francisco museum of modern art, theo van doesburg, julyaugust 1947. It promoted a purist form of abstract art invented by piet mondrian called neoplasticism. Theo van doesburg, composition ii still life, 1916 on artstack.
Composition ix abstract structure of card players utopia. Theo van doesburg s most popular book is arthur mervyn. The term for brilliance, purity, or saturation, of a color is. Theo van doesburg, composition in gray ragtime, 1919, oil on canvas, 196. Theo van doesberg born august 30, 1883 in utrecht, netherlands painter. Van doesburg rejected bourgeoisie tradition in active pursuit of a new universal practice and understanding of art. Abstract version of card players, oil on canvas by theo van doesburg, 1917. Thick, black brushwork defines the borders of the different geometric figures.
John milner, in the book 6 marion walter referred to at the. Theo van doesburg born christian emil marie kupper aug. The 50c stamp shows mondrians b4 which van doesburg owned shown in the photograph two entries above. Composition i still life theo van doesburg canvas art oil paintings for sale. Theo van doesburg and philip johnson linkedin slideshare. Artwork page for counter composition vi, theo van doesburg, 1925 on display at tate modern. Lijst van werken van theo van doesburg compositie ii stilleven. Els hoek theo van doesburg oeuvre catalogus centraal museum, utrecht krollermuller museum, otterlo 2000 1st edition 840 pp. 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. Working closely together, the group stressed the need for abstraction and simplification. Theo van doesburg, composition in gray ragtime, 1919. Composition ii still life museum thyssenbornemisza, madrid. Artwork page for countercomposition vi, theo van doesburg, 1925 on display at tate modern. Theo van doesburg 30 august 1883 7 march 1931 was a dutch artist, practicing in painting, writing, poetry and architecture.
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. Theo van doesburg arithmetic composition 19291930 artsy. The books and articles below constitute a bibliography of the sources used in. Van doesburg s most famous work experimented with geometric abstraction and archetypal forms. Simon mawer on theo van doesburg, mondrians contemporary and friend.
Arithmetic composition 1 was produced contemporary with. Countercomposition xx and mondrians composition ii, with red from. After a short training in acting and singing he decided to become a painter. From 1912 onwards, he supported his works by writing for magazines. It advocated a simplified, geometric, and reductive aesthetic in the visual arts and argued that painting, design, and architecture should be fully integrated. Abstract version of card players composition ix, opus 18. One is shown on the cover of baljeustheo van doesburg, one of the sources for this page. The design was also celebrated in a dutch stamp issue on the 65c value. Theo van doesburg has been listed as a level5 vital article in people, artists. It cant be the paintings, because if youre honest youll admit that the two men almost direct. Van doesburg used this composition, as well as his preliminary studies, in a. After world war ii, piet ouberg 18801954 influenced a younger generation of artists with his colorful abstract composition. 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.
Guggenheim foundation peggy guggenheim collection, venice, 1976. Countercomposition vi, theo van doesburg, 1925 tate. Theo van doesburg, composition en dissonances, 1919 tagged. In these years, they develop entirely new ideas about art and the function thereof. Find more prominent pieces of abstract at best visual art database. Signed theo van doesburg 18561910, french on the lower margin. Theo van doesburg produced his composition ix abstract structure of card players in 1917. One nearly perfect yellow square in the center is surrounded by thirteen rectangles of different proportions. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Theo van doesburg was one of the leading figures in the development of geometric abstraction. 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.
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