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|caption = Theo and Nelly van Doesburg in the studio on Rue du Moulin Vert, Paris. 1923.  
 
|caption = Theo and Nelly van Doesburg in the studio on Rue du Moulin Vert, Paris. 1923.  
 
|birth_date = {{birth date|1883|8|30|mf=y}}
 
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|death_place = Davos, Switzerland
 
|death_place = Davos, Switzerland
 
|collections = [http://geheugenvannederland.nl/?/nl/collecties/instituut_collectie_nederland/theo_van_doesburg Institut Collectie Nederland], [[MoMA::{{MoMA|6076}}|MoMA]]
 
|collections = [http://geheugenvannederland.nl/?/nl/collecties/instituut_collectie_nederland/theo_van_doesburg Institut Collectie Nederland], [[MoMA::{{MoMA|6076}}|MoMA]]
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'''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]].
 
'''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]].
  
[[Image:Van_Doesburg_Theo_Grundbegriffe_der_neuen_gestaltenden_Kunst_1925.jpg|thumb|258px|''Grundbegriffe der neuen gestaltenden Kunst'', 1925, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=19601 Log], [[Media:Van_Doesburg_Theo_Grundbegriffe_der_neuen_gestaltenden_Kunst_1925.pdf|PDF]].]]
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[[Image:Van_Doesburg_Theo_Grundbegriffe_der_neuen_gestaltenden_Kunst_1925.jpg|thumb|350px|''Grundbegriffe der neuen gestaltenden Kunst'', 1925, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=19601 Log], [[Media:Van_Doesburg_Theo_Grundbegriffe_der_neuen_gestaltenden_Kunst_1925.pdf|PDF]].]]
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==
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===Journal===
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* editor, ''[[De Stijl#Journal|De Stijl: Maandblad voor de moderne beeldende vakken (en kultuur)]]'', 90 numbers, Delft (1917-18) / Leiden (1918-21) / Meudon, 1917-1932. {{nl}}
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===Books===
 
===Books===
* ''[http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/dada/id/20589/rec/2 De nieuwe beweging in de schilderkunst]'', Delft: Waltman, 1917. {{nl}}
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* ''[https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui:dada_20589 De nieuwe beweging in de schilderkunst]'', Delft: Waltman, 1917, [https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/348 IDA]. {{nl}}
  
 
* {{a|1919}} "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. {{nl}}
 
* {{a|1919}} "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. {{nl}}
 
** ''[[Media:Van_Doesburg_Theo_Grundbegriffe_der_neuen_gestaltenden_Kunst_1925.pdf|Grundbegriffe der neuen gestaltenden Kunst]]'', Munich: Albert Langen (Bauhausbücher, 6), 1925, 40+[26] pp. {{de}}
 
** ''[[Media:Van_Doesburg_Theo_Grundbegriffe_der_neuen_gestaltenden_Kunst_1925.pdf|Grundbegriffe der neuen gestaltenden Kunst]]'', Munich: Albert Langen (Bauhausbücher, 6), 1925, 40+[26] pp. {{de}}
** ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=19601 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, [[Media:Van_Doesburg_Theo_Principles_of_Neo-Plastic_Art_1968.pdf|PDF]]. {{en}}
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** ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=19601 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, [[Media:Van_Doesburg_Theo_Principles_of_Neo-Plastic_Art_1968.pdf|PDF]]. {{en}}
 
** ''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. {{jp}}
 
** ''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. {{jp}}
 
** ''Principios de nuevo arte plástico y otros escritos'', trans. & intro. Charo Crego, Murcia: Colegio oficial de aparejadores y arquitéctos técnicos, 1985, 210 pp. {{es}}
 
** ''Principios de nuevo arte plástico y otros escritos'', trans. & intro. Charo Crego, Murcia: Colegio oficial de aparejadores y arquitéctos técnicos, 1985, 210 pp. {{es}}
 
** ''Principes fondamentaux de l'art néo-plastique'', trans. Isabelle Ewig and Didier Semin, Paris: Beaux-arts de Paris, 2008, [112] pp. {{fr}}
 
** ''Principes fondamentaux de l'art néo-plastique'', trans. Isabelle Ewig and Didier Semin, Paris: Beaux-arts de Paris, 2008, [112] pp. {{fr}}
  
* ''[http://archive.org/details/drievoordrachten00doesuoft Drie voordrachten over de nieuwe beeldende kunst]'', Amsterdam, 1919, [http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/dada/id/18711/rec/1 IDL]. {{nl}}
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* ''[http://archive.org/details/drievoordrachten00doesuoft Drie voordrachten over de nieuwe beeldende kunst]'', Amsterdam: Maatschappij voor Goede en Goedkoope Lectuur, 1919, [http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/dada/id/18711/rec/1 IDL], [https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/345 IDA]. {{nl}}
  
 
* ''[http://archive.org/details/klassiekbarokmod00doesuoft Klassiek, barok, modern]'', Antwerpen: De Sikkel, 1920, [http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/dada/id/27832/rec/3 IDL]. {{nl}}
 
* ''[http://archive.org/details/klassiekbarokmod00doesuoft Klassiek, barok, modern]'', Antwerpen: De Sikkel, 1920, [http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/dada/id/27832/rec/3 IDL]. {{nl}}
** ''Classique, baroque, moderne'', Anvers: De Sikkel, and Paris: L. Rosenberg, 1921, 31+[15] pp. {{fr}}
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** ''[https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/369 Classique, baroque, moderne]'', Antwerp: De Sikkel, and Paris: L. Rosenberg, 1921, 31+[15] pp. {{fr}}
  
* ''[http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/dada/id/28857/rec/5 Wat is Dada?]'', The Hague: De Stijl, 1923, 14 pp; facs.repr., Leeuwarden: Miedema Pers, 1971; repr., Amsterdam: Nijsen, 1983. {{nl}}
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* ''[[Media:Doesburg Theo van Wat is Dada 1923.pdf|Wat is Dada?]]'', The Hague: De Stijl, 1923, 14 pp, [https://digital.kunsthaus.ch/viewer/image/18786/1/ KHZ], [https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui:dada_28857 IDL], [https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/344 IDA]; facs.repr., Leeuwarden: Miedema Pers, 1971; repr., Amsterdam: Nijsen, 1983. {{nl}}
 
** ''Qu'est-ce que Dada?'', intro. Marc Dachy, Paris: L'Echoppe, 1992, 58 pp. {{fr}}
 
** ''Qu'est-ce que Dada?'', intro. Marc Dachy, Paris: L'Echoppe, 1992, 58 pp. {{fr}}
  
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==Literature==
 
==Literature==
* Robert P. Welsh, "Theo van Doesburg and Geometric Abstraction", in ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=78b240a3da9d8279055f83691d936d4b 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. {{en}}
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* Robert P. Welsh, "Theo van Doesburg and Geometric Abstraction", in ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=78b240a3da9d8279055f83691d936d4b 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. {{en}}
 
* ''Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde. Constructing a New World'', eds. Gladys Fabre and Doris Wintgens Hötte, London: Tate, 2010. Catalogue. {{en}}
 
* ''Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde. Constructing a New World'', eds. Gladys Fabre and Doris Wintgens Hötte, London: Tate, 2010. Catalogue. {{en}}
  

Latest revision as of 00:07, 26 May 2022


Theo and Nelly van Doesburg in the studio on Rue du Moulin Vert, Paris. 1923.
Born August 30, 1883(1883-08-30)
Utrecht, Netherlands
Died March 7, 1931(1931-03-07) (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.

Grundbegriffe der neuen gestaltenden Kunst, 1925, Log, PDF.

Publications[edit]

Journal[edit]

Books[edit]

  • "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)
  • 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)

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