Counter-Composition of Dissonances XVI
Theo van Doesburg · 1925
Why it's great
Instead of horizontal and vertical lines, Theo van Doesburg tilted his grid on the diagonal in 1925, saying it made the picture more dynamic. His friend Piet Mondrian disliked it so much that the two stopped working together.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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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.
