Theo van Doesburg
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 Theo and Nelly van Doesburg in the studio on Rue du Moulin Vert, Paris. 1923. | |
| Born |
August 30, 1883 Utrecht, Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Died |
March 7, 1931 (aged 47) Davos, Switzerland |
| Web | Dada Companion, Wikipedia |
| Collections | Institut Collectie Nederland, MoMA |
Theo van Doesburg (1883–1931) was a Dutch artist, who practised painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl.
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Publications[edit]
Journal[edit]
- editor, De Stijl: Maandblad voor de moderne beeldende vakken (en kultuur), 90 numbers, Delft (1917-18) / Leiden (1918-21) / Meudon, 1917-1932. (Dutch)
Books[edit]
- De nieuwe beweging in de schilderkunst, Delft: Waltman, 1917, IDA. (Dutch)
- "Grondbegrippen der nieuwe beeldende kunst", Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 13:1 & 13:2, Haarlem: Bohn, 1919, pp 30-49 (13:1) & 169-188 (13:2); repr. as Grondbegrippen der nieuwe beeldende kunst, intro. S.U. Barbieri, Nijmegen: SUN, 1983, 119 pp. (Dutch)
- Grundbegriffe der neuen gestaltenden Kunst, Munich: Albert Langen (Bauhausbücher, 6), 1925, 40+[26] pp. (German)
- Principles of Neo-Plastic Art, intro. Hans M. Wingler, afterw. H.L.C. Jaffé, trans. Janet Seligman, London: Lund Humphries, 1968, x+73 pp; Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1968, x+73 pp, PDF. (English)
- Atarashii zōkei geijutsu no kiso gainen [新しい造形芸術の基礎概念], trans. Hisao Miyajima, Tokyo: Chuo koron bijutsu shuppan, 1993. (Japanese)
- Principios de nuevo arte plástico y otros escritos, trans. & intro. Charo Crego, Murcia: Colegio oficial de aparejadores y arquitéctos técnicos, 1985, 210 pp. (Spanish)
- Principes fondamentaux de l'art néo-plastique, trans. Isabelle Ewig and Didier Semin, Paris: Beaux-arts de Paris, 2008, [112] pp. (French)
- Drie voordrachten over de nieuwe beeldende kunst, Amsterdam: Maatschappij voor Goede en Goedkoope Lectuur, 1919, IDL, IDA. (Dutch)
- Klassiek, barok, modern, Antwerpen: De Sikkel, 1920, IDL. (Dutch)
- Classique, baroque, moderne, Antwerp: De Sikkel, and Paris: L. Rosenberg, 1921, 31+[15] pp. (French)
- Wat is Dada?, The Hague: De Stijl, 1923, 14 pp, KHZ, IDL, IDA; facs.repr., Leeuwarden: Miedema Pers, 1971; repr., Amsterdam: Nijsen, 1983. (Dutch)
- Qu'est-ce que Dada?, intro. Marc Dachy, Paris: L'Echoppe, 1992, 58 pp. (French)
Selected writings[edit]
- Scritti di arte e di architettura, ed. Sergio Polano, Rome: Officina, 1979, 632+[88] pp. (Italian)
- De Stijl en de Europese architectuur: de architectuuropstellen in Het Bouwbedrijf 1924-1931, intro. Cees Boekraad, Nijmegen: SUN, 1986, 285 pp. (Dutch)
- On European Architecture: Complete Essays from 'Het Bouwbedrijf' 1924-1931, Basel: Birkhäuser, 1990, 324 pp. (English)
- Theo van Doesburg über Europäische Architektur: gesammelte Aufsätze aus Het Bouwbedrijf 1924-1931, Basel: Birkhäuser, 1990, 320 pp. (German)
- L'opera architettonica, ed. Evert van Straaten, trans. Elena Colombetta and Massimo Parizzi, Milan: Electa, 1993, 223 pp; 2nd ed., 2004. (Italian)
More[edit]
- van Doesburg's publications in Iowa Digital Library
- in Dutch at DBNL.
- in Dutch at Wikisource-NL.
- in German at Wikisource-DE.
- in French at Wikisource-FR.
- in English at Wikisource-EN.
Literature[edit]
- Robert P. Welsh, "Theo van Doesburg and Geometric Abstraction", in Nijhoff, Van Ostaijen, "De Stijl": Modernism in the Netherlands and Belgium in the First Quarter of the 20th Century, ed. & intro. Francis Bulhof, The Hague: Nijhoff, 1976, pp 76-94. (English)
- Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde. Constructing a New World, eds. Gladys Fabre and Doris Wintgens Hötte, London: Tate, 2010. Catalogue. (English)
