De Stijl
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De Stijl
(Dutch, "the style"), Dutch arts movement started in
Amsterdam in 1917, and the periodical by the same name. De Stijl was
dedicated to abstraction that would create a universal response from
all viewers based on a quest for harmony and order. Among the founders
of the movement were the painters Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg,
who also established its journal, De Stijl (1917-1932). The
spare, abstract style that they advocated was also known as
neoplasticism. It rejected all representation and restricted the
elements of artistic expression to the use of straight lines, right
angles, pure primary colors (blue, red, and yellow), and the so-called
non-colors of black, gray, and white. De Stijl principles also
influenced the decorative arts, especially architecture, exemplified
by the austere clarity of the Schröder House (1924) in Utrecht, by
architect and industrial designer Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, and the
Workers' Housing Estate (1924-1927) in Hook of Holland, by architect
Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud.
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