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Theo van Doesburg Β· 1916

Why it's great

Three men sit around a card table and a lamp in a picture that has been turned into flat colors and straight lines. Theo van Doesburg, the founder of the De Stijl magazine, painted this in 1916 on his way to pure abstraction.

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About the artist

Theo van Doesburg

1883–1931 Β· born in Utrecht Β· died in Davos

Theo van Doesburg was a Dutch artist born in Utrecht in 1883. In 1917 he founded the magazine De Stijl with Piet Mondrian and others, promoting art made of straight lines and primary colors, and he also designed buildings and stained glass. He lived in the Netherlands, France and Germany and died in Davos, Switzerland, in 1931.

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