When was de stijl founded

Oud and Vilmos Huszar. Adopting the visual elements of Cubism and Suprematism , the anti-sentimentalism of Dada , and the Neo-Platonic mathematical theory of M. J Schoenmaekers, a mystical ideology that articulated the concept of "ideal" geometric forms, the exponents of De Stijl aspired to be far more than mere visual artists. At its core, De Stijl was designed to encompass a variety of artistic influences and media, its goal being the development of a new aesthetic that would be practiced not only in the fine and applied arts, but would also reverberate in a host of other art forms as well, among them architecture, urban planning, industrial design, typography, music, and poetry.

The De Stijl aesthetic and vision was formulated in large response to the unprecedented devastation of World War I, with the movement's members seeking a means of expressing a sense of order and harmony in the new society that was to emerge in the wake of the war. De Stijl was the first-ever journal devoted to abstraction in art, although the movement's artists were not the first to practice abstract art; other painters, perhaps most notably Wassily Kandinsky , Kazimir Malevich and Hans Arp , had earlier created nonobjective art, often incorporating geometric forms in their work.

Oud - adopted what they perceived to be a purer form of geometry, consisting of forms made up of straight lines and basic geometric shapes largely rendered in the three primary colors ; these motifs provided the fundamental elements of compositions that avoided symmetry and strove for a balanced relationship between surfaces and the distribution of colors.

In Neo-Plasticism in Pictorial Art , Mondrian explained: "As a pure representation of the human mind, art will express itself in an aesthetically purified, that is to say, abstract form. The new plastic idea cannot, therefore, take the form of a natural or concrete representation.

Neo-Plasticism refers to the painting style and ideas developed by Piet Mondrian in , promoted by De Stijl. Denoting the "new plastic art," or simply "new art," the term embodies Mondrian's vision of an ideal, abstract art form he felt was suited to the modern era. Mondrian's essay Neo-Plasticism in Pictorial Art , which set forth the principles of the concept, was published in twelve installments of the journal De Stijl in Mondrian described Neo-Plasticism as a reductive approach to artmaking that stripped away traditional elements of art, such as perspective and representation, utilizing only a series of primary colors and straight lines.

Mondrian envisioned that the principles of Neo-Plasticism would be transplanted from the medium of painting to other art forms, including architecture and design, providing the basis of the transformation of the human environment sought by De Stijl artists.

In Mondrian's words, a "pure plastic vision should build a new society, in the same way that in art it has built a new plasticism. The concept of Neo-Plasticism was largely inspired by M. Schoenmaekers's treatise Beginselen der Beeldende Wiskunde The Principles of Plastic Mathematics , which proposed that reality is composed of a series of opposing forces - among them the formal polarity of horizontal and vertical axes and the juxtaposition of primary colors.

Neo-Plasticism was later promoted by the movement Cercle et Carre and three issues of its eponymous journal appearing in Following Mondrian's visit to the U. While only horizontal and vertical lines were to be utilized in Neo-Plasticism, in , van Doesburg developed Elementarism, which attempted to modify the dogmatic nature of the style by introducing the diagonal, a form that for him connoted dynamism - "a state of continuous development.

His Neo-Plasticism was an ideal type of abstract art which could only be expressed in the purest of forms. Thus only squares and rectangles, and only straight horizontal or vertical lines could be used; while only primary colours red, yellow and blue and the three primary values white, black and grey could be applied. Problems arose within the group from , as Van Doesburg began devoting more time to the Bauhaus Design School - founded by Walter Gropius - and the Russian Constructivists.

In addition, he befriended the Hanover Dada artist Kurt Schwitters , with whom he toured Holland in , promoting the Dada message. The fact that he wrote under a pseudonym failed to calm his critics within the group. By this stage, however, Van Doesburg had succeeded in upsetting many other members, which led to widespread fragmentation in the group and a total lack of cohesion. Even after his death, a new abstract style known as Art Concrete evolved out of the remnants of De Stijl and the Futurists.

Although it is fair to say that De Stijl 's impact was greatest on the theory rather than the practice of modern art , it had significant influence on the development of geometric painting, as well as architecture and applied art. This influence is seen most clearly in the work of the Bauhaus Design School and in the International style of modern architecture , which was taken up by numerous American architects under the influence of ex-Bauhaus designer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who emigrated to Chicago.

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