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Theo van Doesburg

Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist (died 1931)

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Born
August 30, 1883
Died
March 7, 1931
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1883

About Theo van Doesburg

Theo van Doesburg was a Dutch painter, writer, poet, and architect. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl. He always regarded his stepfather, Theodorus Doesburg, to be his natural father, so that his first works are signed with Theo Doesburg, to which he later added "van". Together with El Lissitzky and Kurt Schwitters, Van Doesburg pioneered the efforts to an International of Arts in two congresses held in Düsseldorf and Weimar, in 1922. Inspired by Mondrian's depictions of abstraction, Van Doesburg got in contact with Mondrian, and together with related artists Bart van der Leck, Antony Kok, Vilmos Huszár, and Jacobus Oud, they founded the magazine De Stijl in 1917.

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Theo van Doesburg timeline

  1. Inspired by Mondrian's depictions of abstraction, Van Doesburg got in contact with Mondrian, and together with related artists Bart van der Leck, Antony Kok, Vilmos Huszár, and Jacobus Oud, they founded the magazine De Stijl in 1917.
  2. Together with El Lissitzky and Kurt Schwitters, Van Doesburg pioneered the efforts to an International of Arts in two congresses held in Düsseldorf and Weimar, in 1922.

The world when Theo van Doesburg was born

Theo van Doesburg was born in 1883. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineBrooklyn Bridge opens after 14 years of construction
  • Technology milestoneFirst standardized time zones adopted
  • World population~1.43B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population52.8M

1883 versus 2026

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Measure18832026
Population52.8M341 million

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