Piet Mondrian was one of the founders of De stijl, he helped by extending the
principles of abstract art and simplification. Piet Mondrian used to paint, sculpture,
architect, graphic and industrial design. Mondrian also wrote essay on abstract
art of which were published in the periodical magazine De Stijl. World War II had forced Mondrian to move to
New York IN October 1940, were he continued to publish texts on neo-plasticism.
Theo Van Doesburg
Was also one of the leading artist of De
Stijl. Both Mondrian and Doesburg had similar styles when it came to almost
anything the performance by the two artists which were enough to ruin their friendship.
Similar styles adapted by the same artists.
Van Doesburg was involved in Neo-plasticism, constructivism suprematism, Dadaism
and elementarsim, most of the modernist styles. Van Doesburg highest influence would
lay in the area of architecture and design, alongside with Gerrit Rietveld and
JJ Oud. It was Doesburg who took the
flat, geometric painting from De Stijl and started shaping three-dimensional architecture.
Similar design to Mondrain’s paitnings, but
Van was deemed to be a follower because of the age difference, because Mondrain
was eight years older than Van Doesburg.
Some Modern day influences of De Stijl:
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Reference:
Simon Mawer, Saturday 23 2010, Theo
van Doesburg: Forgotten artist of the avant garde available at: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jan/23/theo-van-doesburg-avant-garde-tate
[accessed at 17/11/2013]
Collection Online, 2013. Piet Mondrian
available at: http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artists/bios/1340
[accessed at 17/11/2013]
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