De Stijl

De Stijl

De Stijl is in Dutch for the style that was founded this movement were Theo von Doesburg and Piet Mondrain and the architect Gerrit Reitveld. In this movement we can see simplicity and abstraction through which they could express an Utopian idea of harmony and order. We can see as well geometric forms and primary colors. De Stijl was also the name of a publication discussing the groups theories which was published by Von Doesburg.

This style of De Stijl was unlike Dada, the graphic and typographic style sought to regain order disciplined, using sans serif type face, straight lines, rectangular blocks, innovative asymmetrical layouts, it proved the way for the international typographic style. De Stijl influenced the avant gardes in the 20’s. Von Doesburg introduced the ideas of De Stijl to the Bauhaus.

Theo Von Doesburg:

Van Doesburg was highly influenced by Wassily Kandinsky. Von Doesburg moved his style of painting to one more importance on a conceptual style that favoured a simplistic geometric style. Theo von Doesburg influenced other designers that with design they could create a medium of communication. Von Doesburg moved to Germany with the idea to work in Bauhaus but he was not accepted. In reaction to this he build a studio exactly next to Bauhaus that attracted many students with the ideas he promoted,  most of which were developed out of the ideas of Constructivism, Dadaism and De Stijl. In these times he bonded with Piet Mondrain. In 1923 he moved to Paris to work with Piet Mondrain but they had opposite characters and it resulted in the dissolution of their friedship.

Piet Mondrain:

“To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual”

-     Piet Mondrain.

Piet Mondrain was one of the founders of De Stijl, which incorporated an art movement that worked around abstract works, and the new art forms that were being introduced to the world in the early 20^th Century. After the De Stijl, a disagreement with Van Doesburg, about the use of diagonal lines in painting and art work, Piet Mondrain decided to leave the group, and to start to work on new movements, and new forms of art he had not really entered in to the past. Piet Mondrain was also a writer that wrote a number of pieces during his career. His writing s dealt with neoplasticism and how the art form had changed, and with abstract work in general. His writings were published in magazines.

The influence of De Stijl today:

         

References:

De Stijl : Design Is History. 2015. De Stijl : Design Is History. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.designishistory.com/1920/de-stijl/. [Accessed 28 January 2015].

Theo Van Doesberg : Design Is History. 2015. Theo Van Doesberg : Design Is History. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.designishistory.com/1920/theo-van-doesberg/. [Accessed 28 January 2015].

Piet Mondrian:Paintings,Biography,Quotes of Piet Mondrian. 2015. Piet Mondrian:Paintings,Biography,Quotes of Piet Mondrian. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.piet-mondrian.org/. [Accessed 28 January 2015].