De Stijl

De Stijl was a Dutch art movement that pursued universal harmony through geometric abstraction, horizontal and vertical lines, and a restricted palette centered on primary colors.

Neoplasticism: An abstract art theory that sought universal harmony through vertical and horizontal lines and primary colors. Piet Mondrian’s name for the visual principles central to De Stijl.
Piet Mondrian: A Dutch painter who developed a form of geometric abstraction using grids and primary colors. His paintings made De Stijl’s compositional principles especially clear.
De Stijl (journal): A Dutch art journal founded in 1917 by Theo van Doesburg to promote the De Stijl movement. The journal gave the movement its name and circulated its ideas.
Schröder House: A 1924 house in Utrecht designed by Gerrit Rietveld with Truus Schröder. Its sliding partitions and intersecting planes translate De Stijl ideas into domestic space.
Concrete art: Abstract art based on precise forms that make no reference to the visible world. Its nonrepresentational ideal developed in dialogue with De Stijl’s geometric abstraction.
Geometric abstraction: Art that uses geometric shapes and structures instead of depicting recognizable subjects. De Stijl is a distinct movement within this broader approach to abstraction.
Theo van Doesburg: A Dutch artist, writer, and organizer who co-founded and promoted De Stijl. He helped turn shared visual ideas into a movement with a journal and network.
First World War: A global war fought from 1914 to 1918, centered on Europe. Neutral Netherlands became a setting for artists seeking a new social and artistic order.
Gerrit Rietveld: A Dutch architect and furniture designer associated with the De Stijl movement. His buildings and furniture gave the movement a practical design vocabulary.
International Style: A modernist architectural style marked by simple forms, open interiors, and minimal ornament. De Stijl’s planes and spatial openness anticipated aspects of later modernist architecture.

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