Danielle Vizard

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Theo van Doesburg

Part One:
Theo van Doesburg was born on August 30^th 1883, in Utrecht, the Netherlands. His real name however is Christian Emil Marie Küpper, he would always refer his stepfather (Theodorus Doesburg) to be his main father, and that is why all of his work is signed Theo Doesburg he later added ‘van’ to his name. Theo van Doesburg was a writer, designer, an art critic, and a painter he was highly influenced by Wassily Kandinsky, who was a Russian painter that was credited to the first abstract work. His work was structured more around a simplistic geometric style. van Doesburg is mostly known for his lead in the artistic movement “De Stijl” it was said “he influenced many graphic designers with his many theories that conveyed the idea that there was a collective experience of reality that could be tapped as a medium of communication.” This appealed to other artist mostly because it pursued abstraction though primary color schemes and geometric shapes. His work would change to a mix of cubism and futurism mixed together.As I looked deeper into van Doesburg’s work I found some of it to be recognizable. It is very interesting to me that his work was something to start a movement in the art world.
Part Two:
1: This artist started an art movement known as “De Stijl” which is dutch for “The style” 
2. He was a known painter, writer, designer, and an art critic
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Part Three:

Theo van Doesburg, Design for a Tile Floor and Entrance Hall, 1917

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• Theo van Doesburg, Design for a Tile Floor and Entrance Hall, 1917
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• Theo van Doesburg, Kleine Dada Soirée, 1922
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• Theo van Doesburg, Portrait of a Man, 1915
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• Theo van Doesburg, Dance I, 1917
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• Theo van Doesburg, The Three Graces, 1917
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• Theo van Doesburg, Café Aubette, Strasbourg, 1927
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