The Cardplayers

Theo van Doesburg

Portrait of Theo van Doesburg

Theo van Doesburg was a Danish artist born on August 30, 1883. van Doesburg contributed to the Early Modernist and De Stijl movements and died on April 7, 1931. Get notified when Theo van Doesburg's biography is complete:

The Cardplayers

Composition XIII

There is an old and a new consciousness of time

De Stijl Manifesto

Rhythm of a Russian Dance

Variation on Composition XIII

Composition in Gray (Rag-time)

The Archer

The Denaturalized Material, Destruction 2

Counter Composition VI

Elementarism is the purest, and...the most direct means of expression of the human spirit

Elementarism (Fragment of a Manifesto)

Simultaneous Counter-Composition

Portrait of Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi

What if you only painted bottles for your whole life?

Portrait of Hilma af Klint

Hilma af Klint

The world isn't ready

Pablo Picasso

The man who ate the world's art

Portrait of Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian

There is no God, only Truth

Portrait of Charmion von Wiegand

Charmion von Wiegand

Beyond the grid

An orphan talks to angels

Picasso's better half

Georges Braque Theo van Doesburg

Cubist Feminist

Marie Laurencin

A future of dancers instead of machines

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