Theo van Doesburg (August 30, 1883 – March 7, 1931), born as Christian Emil Marie Kupper, was a Dutch artist who was skilled in a variety of subjects, including painting, architecture, poetry, and typography. He changed his name in honor of his step father, whom he considered to be his true father in all the ways that matter. He was the founder and editor of the De Stijl journal, which supported the De Stijl art movement and brought together those who identified with this new movement. The artist, Piet Mondrian, and the architects J. J. P. Oud and Jan Wils were among those who supported Doesburg’s journal and were actively involved with it.
Paintings by Theo van Doesburg in Chronological Order:
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| A dog, 1899 | Two dogs, 1899 | Landscape with hay cart, church towers and windmill, 1901 |
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| A Child, 1904 | Portrait of Christian Leibbrandt, 1906 | Self portrait, 1906 |
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| Self portrait with hat, 1906 | Still life, 1906 | Old Faun (self portrait), 1909 |
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| Self portrait with hat, 1909, YEAR | Self portrait with hat, 1909, YEAR | Abraham Kuyper, 1910 |
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| Alderman of education, 1910 | Archangel, 1910 | Burgerman, 1910 |
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| Cover of “The masks”, 1910 | Farmer, 1910 | Frederik van Eeden, 1910 |
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| Quérido, 1910 | Troelstra, 1910 | Dune landscape, c.1912 |
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| Dunes and sea, c.1912 | Self portrait, 1913 | Beggar, 1914 |
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| Girl with Buttercups, 1914 | Abstract church, 1915 | Abstract portrait, 1915 |
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| Portrait of a man, c.1915 | Portrait of Lena Milius, c.1915 | Potrait of Evert Rinsema, 1915 |
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| Street Music I, 1915 | Street Music II, 1915 | Composition I (Still life), 1916 |
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| Composition II (Still life), 1916 | Composition III (Still life), 1916 | Composition IV (Still life), 1916 |
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| Cover of “Balance” by J. Elgenhuis, YEAR | Cover of “The painter and his work. Psycho-analytic study.”, 1916 | Dancers, 1916 |
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| Heroic movement, 1916 | Landscape, 1916 | Portrait of A. J. J. de Winter, c.1916 |
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| Still Life (Composition V), 1916 | The Cardplayers, 1916 | Tree, 1916 |
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| Colour design for a chimney, 1917 | Composition, 1917 | Composition (The Cow), c.1917 |
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| Composition IX, opus 18, 1917, 1917 | Composition VI (on black fond), 1917 | Composition with window with coloured glass III, 1917 |
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| Dance I, c.1917 | Dance II, 1917 | Design for a tile floor, and entrance hall, c.1917 |
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| Design for monument Leeuwarden, c.1917 | Female nude with hand on her head, 1917 | Leaded glass composition I, c.1917 |
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| Lena in interieur, 1917 | Stained glass composition “Woman”, 1917 | Template for the Long House ornament edge, 1917 |
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| Composition, 1918 | Composition X, 1918 | Composition XII in black and white, 1918 |
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| Composition XIII, 1918 | Composition XIII, 1918 | Composition XIII (Woman in studio), 1918 |
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| Landscape (study for composition XII), 1918 | Russian Dance, 1918 | Study for Composition VIII (The Cow), c.1918 |
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| Study for Rhythm of a Russian Dance, c.1918 | Composition in dissonances, 1919 | Composition in gray (Rag Time), 1919 |
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| Composition XVII, 1919 | Cover of “Three lectures about the new art”, 1919 | Monogram design for Antony Cook, 1919 |
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| Plastic garden (Vases), 1919 | Composition XVIII in three parts, 1920 | Composition XX, 1920 |
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| Cover design for magazine “Klei”, 1920 | Cover of “Classic, Modern, Baroque”, 1920 | Design for an exhibition poster for “La Section d’Or”, c.1920 |
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| Pure painting, 1920 | Still Life with statue, vase and jar, 1920 | Drawing, 1921 |
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| Composition XXII, 1922 | Cover fo “In Mechanism”, 1922 | Portrait of Pétro, c.1922 |
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| Wrapper magazine “Mécano – Blue, Blauw, Blau, Blue”, 1922 | Architectural Analysis, 1923 | Composition, 1923 |
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| Composition XXI, 1923 | Composition XXV, 1923 | Cover of “What is dada”, 1923 |
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| Model of artist’s house, 1923 | Model of mansion, 1923 | Model of mansion, 1923 |
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| Model private house, 1923 | Preliminary design for the floor, 1923 | Private house, model, seen from the west, 1923 |
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| Sketch for the ceiling, 1923 | Stained glass composition, 1923 | Stained glass composition, 1923 |
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| Study for Composition XXV, 1923 | The denaturalized material. Destruction 2., 1923 | Contra-Composition VII, 1924 |
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| Counter Composition IV, 1924 | Counter composition V, 1924 | Counter composition VII, 1924 |
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| Counter composition VIII, 1924 | Counter composition X, 1924 | Design, 1924 |
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| Design for Stained Glass Composition XIII, 1924 | Nelly van Doesburg Viewed from behind, and a harbor scene, 1924 | Study for Counter composition X, 1924 |
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| Construction I, c.1925 | Contra-Composition of Dissonances, XVI, 1925 | Counter composition VI, 1925 |
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| Counter composition XIII, 1925 | Counter composition XIV, 1925 | Counter composition XV, 1925 |
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| Design for a poster for an exhibition at The Little Review Gallery, New York, 1925 | Project of house-studio, 1925 | Counter composition XVII, 1926 |
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| Interior of the Café Brasserie of the Aubette, Strasbourg, Axonometry, 1926 | Double studio apartment design, plans and axonometry, 1927 | Composition, 1928 |
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| Composition with half values, 1928 | Arithmetic composition, 1929 | City Traffic, 1929 |
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| Simultaneous Composition XXIV, 1929 | Simultaneous Counter Composition, 1929 | Composition (Study), 1930 |
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| Cover of the launch issue of Art Concret, 1930 | Simultaneous Counter Composition., 1930 | Composition, 1931 |